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  • source: ncurses (main)
  • version: 6.6+20260608-2
  • maintainer: Ncurses Maintainers (DMD)
  • uploaders: Sven Joachim [DMD] [DM] – Craig Small [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.7.4
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2
  • oldstable: 6.4-4
  • stable: 6.5+20250216-2
  • testing: 6.6+20260608-2
  • unstable: 6.6+20260608-2
versioned links
  • 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.4-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.5+20250216-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.6+20260608-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • lib32ncurses-dev
  • lib32ncurses6
  • lib32ncursesw6
  • lib32tinfo6
  • lib64ncurses-dev
  • lib64ncurses6
  • lib64ncursesw6
  • lib64tinfo6
  • libncurses-dev (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
  • libncurses6
  • libncursesw6
  • libncursesw6-udeb
  • libtinfo6 (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
  • libtinfo6-udeb
  • ncurses-base (8 bugs: 0, 2, 6, 0)
  • ncurses-bin (4 bugs: 0, 1, 3, 0)
  • ncurses-doc (5 bugs: 0, 1, 4, 0)
  • ncurses-examples
  • ncurses-term (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
action needed
7 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 7 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-07-22 14:30
version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 6.6+20260608-3, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:
commit 759ec4a183d0c560c638816787fc048a8f4b92f9
Author: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date:   Sun Jul 19 08:08:08 2026 +0200

    Put /lib/terminfo last in the list of terminfo directories
    
    Since version 6.4+20230603-1, all terminfo files in
    ncurses-{base,term} are below /usr/share/terminfo, and /lib/terminfo
    usually does not exist anymore.  Any files there are likely either
    cruft or installed by backports where the backported package needs to
    avoid /usr/share/terminfo, as in #911515 or #1142216.  In either case
    the file in /usr/share/terminfo is most likely more recent and should
    be preferred.

commit 57934b878349b3a0753e248a84b92f900c2beb53
Author: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date:   Sun Jul 19 07:56:54 2026 +0200

    Drop the Breaks on ancient cowdancer versions
    
    The fixed version 0.89 is already in oldoldstable.

commit 55c3064298b20f9635d1aa837c70bc6ad44549c4
Author: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date:   Sun Jul 19 07:53:11 2026 +0200

    Drop the Replaces on ancient third-party alacritty versions
    
    Alacritty has been in the archive since oldstable, and the problematic
    versions on GitHub are over 6.5 years old.

commit a2085cbb8afcd9f3196813a48294202b6fc6c180
Author: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date:   Sun Jul 19 07:41:06 2026 +0200

    Add a "Replaces: kmscon (= 10.0.1-1~bpo13+1)" to ncurses-term
    
    This version of kmscon shipped /usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon, clashing
    with our provided file.  Later backports of kmscon moved the file to
    /usr/lib/terminfo/k/kmscon to avoid the file conflict.
    
    There is no need for Breaks here, since the problematic version of
    kmscon explicitly depends on an older version of ncurses-term, meaning
    that kmscon and ncurses-term have to be upgraded in lockstep.
    
    Closes: #1142185
Created: 2026-07-19 Last update: 2026-07-19 07:33
2 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-6141: (needs triaging) A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
  • CVE-2025-69720: (needs triaging) The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-06-17 Last update: 2026-07-09 07:32
3 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 3 open security issues in bookworm.

3 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-6141: (needs triaging) A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
  • CVE-2023-50495: (needs triaging) NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().
  • CVE-2025-69720: (needs triaging) The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2023-12-12 Last update: 2026-07-09 07:32
news
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  • [2026-07-09] ncurses 6.6+20260608-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-07-02] Accepted ncurses 6.6+20260608-2 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2026-06-10] Accepted ncurses 6.6+20260608-1 (source) into experimental (Sven Joachim)
  • [2026-01-08] ncurses 6.6+20251231-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-01-03] Accepted ncurses 6.6+20251231-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-12-03] ncurses 6.5+20251123-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-24] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20251123-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-11-23] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20251122-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-11-20] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20251115-2 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-11-17] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20251115-1 (source) into experimental (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-03-13] ncurses 6.5+20250216-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-06] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20250216-2 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-02-24] ncurses 6.5+20250216-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-18] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20250216-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-02-10] ncurses 6.5+20250125-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-31] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20250125-2 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2025-01-29] Accepted ncurses 6.5+20250125-1 (source) into experimental (Sven Joachim)
  • [2024-05-16] ncurses 6.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-05-09] Accepted ncurses 6.5-2 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2024-05-05] Accepted ncurses 6.5-1 (source) into experimental (Sven Joachim)
  • [2024-04-22] ncurses 6.4+20240414-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-04-16] Accepted ncurses 6.4+20240414-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2024-01-22] ncurses 6.4+20240113-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-01-22] ncurses 6.4+20240113-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-01-15] Accepted ncurses 6.4+20240113-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2023-12-17] ncurses 6.4+20231209-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-12-11] Accepted ncurses 6.4+20231209-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
  • [2023-12-03] Accepted ncurses 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 (source) into oldoldstable (Guilhem Moulin)
  • [2023-11-28] ncurses 6.4+20231121-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-11-22] Accepted ncurses 6.4+20231121-1 (source) into unstable (Sven Joachim)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 35
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 13
  • M&W: 21
  • F&P: 1
  • patch: 7
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