SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1: moderate: Security update for ncurses

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Tue Jan 30 07:10:37 MST 2018


   SUSE Security Update: Security update for ncurses
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1056126 #1056127 #1056128 #1056129 #1056131 
                    #1056132 #1056136 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-13728 CVE-2017-13729 CVE-2017-13730
                    CVE-2017-13731 CVE-2017-13732 CVE-2017-13733
                    CVE-2017-13734
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
                    SUSE CaaS Platform ALL
                    OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7
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   An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for ncurses fixes several issues.

   These security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2017-13734: Prevent illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat
     function in strings.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service
     attack (bsc#1056126).
   - CVE-2017-13733: Prevent illegal address access in the fmt_entry function
     in progs/dump_entry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service
     attack (bsc#1056127).
   - CVE-2017-13732: Prevent illegal address access in the function
     dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c that might have lead to a remote
     denial of service attack (bsc#1056128).
   - CVE-2017-13731: Prevent illegal address access in the function
     postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c that might have lead to a remote
     denial
     of service attack (bsc#1056129).
   - CVE-2017-13730: Prevent illegal address access in the function
     _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c that might have lead to a remote
     denial
     of service attack (bsc#1056131).
   - CVE-2017-13729: Prevent illegal address access in the _nc_save_str
     function in alloc_entry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of
     service attack (bsc#1056132).
   - CVE-2017-13728: Prevent infinite loop in the next_char function in
     comp_scan.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack
     (bsc#1056136).


Patch Instructions:

   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 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-209=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-209=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-209=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-209=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-209=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-209=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-209=1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-209=1

   - OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-209=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):

      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      tack-5.9-58.1
      tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      tack-5.9-58.1
      tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (s390x x86_64):

      libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      tack-5.9-58.1
      tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (s390x x86_64):

      libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      tack-5.9-58.1
      tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      tack-5.9-58.1
      tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL (x86_64):

      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1

   - OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):

      libncurses5-5.9-58.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-5.9-58.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-58.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13728.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13729.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13730.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13731.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13732.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13733.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13734.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056126
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056127
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056128
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056129
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056131
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056132
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056136



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