SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Recommended update for ncurses (SUSE-SU-2017:1790-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101289

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ncurses-13197=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101289

File Name: suse_SU-2017-1790-1.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/7/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:terminfo-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tack, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:terminfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10684, CVE-2017-10685

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