Google: sys-libs/ncurses: security update to 17069.0.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452082

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer
overflow. (CVE-2021-39537)

Solution

Update the sys-libs/ncurses library and its related packages to version 17069.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 452082

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39537

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39537

Detections

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