openSUSE Security Update : ncurses (openSUSE-2018-55)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106218

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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-2017-13728: Fix infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c (bsc#1056136).

- CVE-2017-13730: Fix illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source() (bsc#1056131).

- CVE-2017-13733: Fix illegal address access in the fmt_entry function (bsc#1056127).

- CVE-2017-13729: Fix illegal address access in the
_nc_save_str (bsc#1056132).

- CVE-2017-13732: Fix illegal address access in the function dump_uses() (bsc#1056128).

- CVE-2017-13731: Fix illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap() (bsc#1056129).

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

Solution

Update the affected ncurses packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106218

File Name: openSUSE-2018-55.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/22/2018

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, 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: 1/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13728, CVE-2017-13729, CVE-2017-13730, CVE-2017-13731, CVE-2017-13732, CVE-2017-13733

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