Security update for ncurses

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3094-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-10754 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-10754 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-17594 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-17594 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-17595 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-17595 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

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

Description:

This update for ncurses fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-10754: Fixed a denial of service caused by a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry() (bsc#1131830).
  • CVE-2019-17594: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (bsc#1154036).
  • CVE-2019-17595: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (bsc#1154037).

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed ppc64le build configuration (bsc#1134550).

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3094=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (s390x x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • tack-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-69.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • terminfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-69.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-69.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-69.1

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