Recommended update for ncurses

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1790-1
Rating: important
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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:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities 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)

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-ncurses-13197=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ncurses-13197=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ncurses-13197=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • ncurses-devel-5.6-92.1
    • tack-5.6-92.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.6-92.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.6-92.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.6-92.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • ncurses-utils-5.6-92.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.6-92.1
    • tack-5.6-92.1
    • terminfo-base-5.6-92.1
    • terminfo-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses6-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses5-5.6-92.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • libncurses5-x86-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses6-x86-5.6-92.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • ncurses-utils-5.6-92.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.6-92.1
    • tack-5.6-92.1
    • terminfo-base-5.6-92.1
    • terminfo-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses6-5.6-92.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.6-92.1
    • libncurses5-5.6-92.1

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