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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201804-13">
  <title>ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ncurses, the worst of
    which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ncurses</product>
  <announced>2018-04-17</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-04-17</revised>
  <bug>624644</bug>
  <bug>625830</bug>
  <bug>629276</bug>
  <bug>639706</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-libs/ncurses" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge" slot="0">6.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt" slot="0">6.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Free software emulation of curses in System V.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process untrusted terminfo or
      other data, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-libs/ncurses-6.1:0"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10684">CVE-2017-10684</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10685">CVE-2017-10685</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11112">CVE-2017-11112</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11113">CVE-2017-11113</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13728">CVE-2017-13728</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13729">CVE-2017-13729</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13730">CVE-2017-13730</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13731">CVE-2017-13731</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13732">CVE-2017-13732</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13733">CVE-2017-13733</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13734">CVE-2017-13734</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16879">CVE-2017-16879</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-15T18:38:59Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-04-17T18:18:44Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>