[Cucumber-linux-security] ncurses (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for ncurses for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Wed Jan 31 09:24:48 EST 2018
base/ncurses rebuilt (build 3) to fix several security vulnerabilities:
	CVE-2017-10684, CVE-2017-10685, CVE-2017-11112, CVE-2017-11113,
	CVE-2017-13733, CVE-2017-13728, CVE-2017-13729, CVE-2017-13730,
	CVE-2017-13731, CVE-2017-13732 and CVE-2017-13734. For more information
	see:
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=255
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=256
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=257
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=258
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=259
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=260
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=261
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=262
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=263
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=264
multilib/base/ncurses-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 3, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-255 [CVE-2017-10685]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=255)
  * CLD-256 [CVE-2017-11112]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=256)
  * CLD-257 [CVE-2017-11113]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=257)
  * CLD-258 [CVE-2017-13733]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=258)
  * CLD-259 [CVE-2017-13728]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=259)
  * CLD-260 [CVE-2017-13729]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=260)
  * CLD-261 [CVE-2017-13730]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=261)
  * CLD-262 [CVE-2017-13731]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=262)
  * CLD-263 [CVE-2017-13732]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=263)
  * CLD-264 [CVE-2017-13734]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=264)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure ncurses is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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The Cucumber Linux Security Team
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