OESA-2022-1635

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    OESA-2022-1635

    Published: 11 May 2022Last Modified: 18 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-29458

    Summary: ncurses security update

    Details: The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0 (SVr4), and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SVr4-curses enhancements over BSD curses. SVr4 curses became the basis of X/Open Curses. Security Fix(es): ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library.(CVE-2022-29458)

    References: https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1635, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29458

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/openEuler/ncurses&distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.2-3.oe1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    OESA-2022-1635 | CVE-DB