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openSUSE Security Update : ncurses (openSUSE-2017-823)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101785

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

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

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected ncurses packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000662

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1046853

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1046858

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101785

File Name: openSUSE-2017-823.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:terminfo-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:terminfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tack-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tack

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2017

Reference Information

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