This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-13728: Fix infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c . - CVE-2017-13729: Fix illegal address access in the _nc_save_str . - CVE-2017-13730: Fix illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source . - CVE-2017-13731: Fix illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap . - CVE-2017-13732: Fix illegal address access in the function dump_uses . - CVE-2017-13733: Fix illegal address access in the fmt_entry function . - CVE-2017-16879: Fix stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function .