Upstream information

CVE-2017-16879 at MITRE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.8 6.9
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Medium Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Complete
Integrity Impact Partial Complete
Availability Impact Partial Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1069530 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1123132 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1175501 [RESOLVED / WORKSFORME]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • tack >= 5.6-93.12.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-ncurses-13364
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses5-x86 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • libncurses6-x86 >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • tack >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • terminfo >= 5.6-93.12.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.6-93.12.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-ncurses-13364
slessp4-ncurses-13364

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ncurses Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ncurses Not affected
Magnum Orchestration 7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ncurses Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Nov 23 02:20:55 2017
CVE page last modified: Mon Apr 15 14:26:05 2024