Source: ncurses Version: 6.5+20250216-2 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00107.html X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for ncurses. CVE-2025-6141[0]: | A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and | classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function | postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The | manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs | to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able | to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected | component. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-6141 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6141 [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00107.html [2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00109.html [3] https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#index-t20250329 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
