Issued at: 2025-10-04
Updated at: 2025-10-10
Synopsis
Low: ncurses security update
Description
The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.
Security Fix(es):
* ncurses: segfaulting OOB read (CVE-2022-29458)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.