SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180284-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1
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Published
2018-01-30T09:54:08Z
Modified
2025-05-08T17:02:59.800073Z
Summary
Security update for ncurses
Details

This update for ncurses fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-13734: Prevent illegal address access in the ncsafe_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 fmtentry function in progs/dumpentry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056127).
  • CVE-2017-13732: Prevent illegal address access in the function dumpuses() in progs/dumpentry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056128).
  • CVE-2017-13731: Prevent illegal address access in the function postprocesstermcap() in parseentry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056129).
  • CVE-2017-13730: Prevent illegal address access in the function ncreadentrysource() 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 ncsavestr function in allocentry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056132).
  • CVE-2017-13728: Prevent infinite loop in the nextchar function in compscan.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056136).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1",
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6-32bit": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1",
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6-32bit": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel-32bit": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel-32bit": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel-32bit": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "terminfo-base": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-utils": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses6-32bit": "5.9-58.1",
            "terminfo": "5.9-58.1",
            "libncurses5": "5.9-58.1",
            "tack": "5.9-58.1",
            "ncurses-devel-32bit": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9-58.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "ncurses-devel": "5.9-58.1"
        }
    ]
}