[ GLSA 202101-28 ] ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202101-28">
+  <title>ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ncurses, the worst of
+    which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
+  </synopsis>
+  <product type="ebuild">ncurses</product>
+  <announced>2021-01-26</announced>
+  <revised count="1">2021-01-26</revised>
+  <bug>698210</bug>
+  <access>remote</access>
+  <affected>
+    <package name="sys-apps/ncurses" auto="yes" arch="*">
+      <unaffected range="ge">6.2</unaffected>
+      <vulnerable range="lt">6.2</vulnerable>
+    </package>
+  </affected>
+  <background>
+    <p>A console display library.</p>
+  </background>
+  <description>
+    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review
+      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <impact type="normal">
+    <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p>
+  </impact>
+  <workaround>
+    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+  </workaround>
+  <resolution>
+    <p>All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+    
+    <code>
+      # emerge --sync
+      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/ncurses-6.2"
+    </code>
+  </resolution>
+  <references>
+    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17594">CVE-2019-17594</uri>
+    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17595">CVE-2019-17595</uri>
+  </references>
+  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-01-25T17:12:09Z">sam_c</metadata>
+  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-01-26T00:14:57Z">sam_c</metadata>
+</glsa>