It was discovered that ncurses incorrectly handled specially crafted terminfo database entries. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using ncurses to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
It was discovered that ncurses incorrectly handled specially crafted terminfo database entries. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using ncurses to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
It was discovered that ncurses incorrectly handled specially crafted terminfo database entries. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using ncurses to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
It was discovered that ncurses incorrectly handled specially crafted terminfo database entries. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using ncurses to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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