ncurses 6.2-0ubuntu2.1 source package in Ubuntu
Changelog
ncurses (6.2-0ubuntu2.1) focal-security; urgency=medium
* SECURITY UPDATE: heap buffer overflow in the _nc_captoinfo function
- debian/patches/CVE-2021-39537.patch: add a check for end-of-string in
cvtchar to handle a malformed string in infotocap.
- CVE-2021-39537
* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read in the convert_strings function
- debian/patches/CVE-2022-29458.patch:add a limit-check to guard against
corrupt terminfo data.
- CVE-2022-29458
* SECURITY UPDATE: memory corruption when processing malformed terminfo data
entries loaded by setuid/setgid programs
- debian/patches/CVE-2023-29491-mitigation.patch: change the
--disable-root-environ configure option behavior.
- debian/rules: set --disable-root-environ in configuration options.
- debian/libtinfo5.symbols, debian/libtinfo6.symbols: add _nc_env_access
to symbols files.
- CVE-2023-29491
* debian/patches/fix-off-by-one-loop-convert-strings.patch: correct an
off-by-one loop-limit in convert_strings function.
-- Camila Camargo de Matos <email address hidden> Tue, 16 May 2023 15:47:48 -0300
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- lib32ncurses-dev: developer's libraries for ncurses (32-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the header files, static libraries
and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
- lib32ncurses6: shared libraries for terminal handling (32-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncurses.
.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
- lib32ncurses6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib32ncurses6
- lib32ncursesw6: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (32-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
- lib32ncursesw6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib32ncursesw6
- lib32tinfo6: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling (32-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared low-level terminfo library.
.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's architecture.
- lib32tinfo6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib32tinfo6
- lib64ncurses-dev: developer's libraries for ncurses (64-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the header files, static libraries
and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
.
This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
- lib64ncurses6: shared libraries for terminal handling (64-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncurses.
.
This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
- lib64ncurses6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib64ncurses6
- lib64ncursesw6: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support) (64-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
.
This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's
architecture.
- lib64ncursesw6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib64ncursesw6
- lib64tinfo6: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling (64-bit)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared low-level terminfo library.
.
This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's architecture.
- lib64tinfo6-dbgsym: debug symbols for lib64tinfo6
- libncurses-dev: developer's libraries for ncurses
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the header files, static libraries
and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
- libncurses5: shared libraries for terminal handling (legacy version)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the legacy shared libraries necessary to run
programs compiled with ncurses.
- libncurses5-dbgsym: debug symbols for libncurses5
- libncurses5-dev: transitional package for libncurses-dev
This is a transitional package that can safely be removed.
- libncurses6: shared libraries for terminal handling
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncurses.
- libncurses6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libncurses6
- libncursesw5: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character legacy version)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the legacy shared libraries necessary to run
programs compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide
characters.
- libncursesw5-dbgsym: debug symbols for libncursesw5
- libncursesw5-dev: transitional package for libncurses-dev
This is a transitional package that can safely be removed.
- libncursesw6: shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs
compiled with ncursesw, which includes support for wide characters.
- libncursesw6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libncursesw6
- libtinfo-dev: transitional package for libncurses-dev
This is a transitional package that can safely be removed.
- libtinfo5: shared low-level terminfo library (legacy version)
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the legacy version of the shared low-level
terminfo library.
- libtinfo5-dbgsym: debug symbols for libtinfo5
- libtinfo6: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the shared low-level terminfo library.
- libtinfo6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libtinfo6
- libtinfo6-udeb: shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling - udeb
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the stripped-down udeb version of shared low-level
terminfo library.
- ncurses-base: basic terminal type definitions
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains terminfo data files to support the most common types of
terminal, including ansi, dumb, linux, rxvt, screen, sun, vt100, vt102, vt220,
vt52, and xterm.
- ncurses-bin: terminal-related programs and man pages
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains the programs used for manipulating the terminfo
database and individual terminfo entries, as well as some programs for
resetting terminals and such.
- ncurses-bin-dbgsym: debug symbols for ncurses-bin
- ncurses-doc: developer's guide and documentation for ncurses
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains an introduction to writing programs with
ncurses a guide to the internals of the ncurses library. It also
includes the libraries' man pages.
.
Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
- ncurses-examples: test programs and examples for ncurses
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains programs demonstrating the possibilities of
ncurses and testing the library. The examples include an
analog/digital clock and several classic programs such as solitaire,
battleships, a knight's tour on a chess board, the towers of Hanoi
and several others.
- ncurses-examples-dbgsym: debug symbols for ncurses-examples
- ncurses-term: additional terminal type definitions
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-
independent method of
updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
.
This package contains all of the numerous terminal definitions not found in
the ncurses-base package.
