Upstream information

CVE-2017-13728 at MITRE

Description

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.3 5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1056136 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1069530 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1115932 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1123132 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1175501 [RESOLVED / WORKSFORME]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend:beta1
Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny:2.78
Container caasp/v4/flannel:0.9.1
Container caasp/v4/haproxy:beta1
Container caasp/v4/kubedns:beta1
Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller:beta1
Container caasp/v4/openldap:beta1
Container caasp/v4/pause:1.0.0
Container caasp/v4/pv-recycler-node:8.25
Container caasp/v4/salt-api:beta1
Container caasp/v4/salt-master:beta1
Container caasp/v4/salt-minion:beta1
Container caasp/v4/sidecar:beta1
Container caasp/v4/velum:4.0.0
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
Container suse/ltss/sle12.5/sles12sp5:8.5.7
Container suse/sles12sp5:5.2.257
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
Container suse/sles12sp3:12.16
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
Container suse/sles12sp4:14.28
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
Image SLES12-SP4-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-EC2-HVM-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-OCI-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-OCI-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • tack >= 5.6-93.12.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-ncurses-13364
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-86
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-86
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-64.1
  • tack >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-64.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses5-x86 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses6-x86 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • tack >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • terminfo >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.6-93.12.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-ncurses-13364
slessp4-ncurses-13364
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-86
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-86
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-64.1
  • tack >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-64.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-209
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-86

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ncurses Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ncurses Affected
Magnum Orchestration 7 ncurses Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 ncurses Affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 ncurses Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ncurses Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ncurses Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ncurses Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ncurses Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ncurses Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ncurses Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Aug 29 09:15:40 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 20:17:08 2024