Recommended update for ncurses

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1000662 bsc#1046853 bsc#1046858
Cross-References:	CVE-2017-10684 CVE-2017-10685
CVSS scores:	CVE-2017-10684 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVE-2017-10684 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2017-10685 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVE-2017-10685 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	Magnum Orchestration 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ncurses fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-10684: Possible RCE via stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. (bsc#1046858) - CVE-2017-10685: Possible RCE with format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. (bsc#1046853)

Bugfixes: - Drop patch ncurses-5.9-environment.dif as YaST2 ncurses GUI does not need it anymore and as well as it causes bug bsc#1000662

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• Magnum Orchestration 7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1119=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1119=1

Package List:

• Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • tack-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
  • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • tack-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
  • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • tack-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
  • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • tack-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
  • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (s390x x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • tack-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
  • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
  • terminfo-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
  • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10684.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10685.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000662
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046853
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046858