ELA-1022-1 ncurses security update

setuid/setgid mitigation

2023-12-18
Packagencurses
Version5.9+20140913-1+deb8u6 (jessie), 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u5 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2023-29491


Loading of custom terminfo entries in setuid/setgid programs has been disabled to mitigate memory corruption via malformed data in terminfo database files.



For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u6.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your ncurses packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.