[ALSA-2026:5913] Moderate: ncurses security update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2026-03-27
Description:
The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo. Security Fix(es): * ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-69720) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
noarch ncurses-term-6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ee0554d1e014600aae21f0c71884a5dcbd420eac42910fff38760b60f1b9ed76
noarch ncurses-base-6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm efc7cace8436b8383bb62c7689de692ca32cfb54f07d50b4c8255faf9d34b82d
Notes:
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