Recommended update for ncurses

SUSE Security Update: Recommended update for ncurses
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1
Rating: important
References: #1000662 #1046853 #1046858
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
  • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7
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    An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    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

    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-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1119=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1119=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • tack-5.9-44.1
      • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):
      • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • tack-5.9-44.1
      • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • tack-5.9-44.1
      • tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • libncurses5-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-5.9-44.1
      • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1
      • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1
      • terminfo-base-5.9-44.1

    References: