-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-96090dafaf 2024-01-31 01:41:22.934193 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ncurses Product : Fedora 38 Version : 6.4 Release : 7.20230520.fc38 URL : https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html Summary : Ncurses support utilities Description : The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the discontinued 4.4 BSD classic curses library. This package contains support utilities, including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to newer ncurses version, which fixes CVE-2023-29491 and CVE-2023-50495. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Aug 22 2023 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx> 6.4-7.20230520 - ignore TERMINFO and HOME only if setuid/setgid/capability * Thu Jul 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - 6.4-6.20230520 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Jun 27 2023 Debarshi Ray <rishi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 6.4-5.20230520 - move foot entries to -base (#2217982) * Mon May 22 2023 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx> 6.4-4.20230520 - update to 6.4-20230520 - build with options disabling root file access and environment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2191704 - CVE-2023-29491 ncurses: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191704 [ 2 ] Bug #2254244 - CVE-2023-50495 ncurses: segmentation fault via _nc_wrap_entry() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254244 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-96090dafaf' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue