Upstream information

CVE-2025-6141 at MITRE

Description

A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  CNA (VulDB)
Base Score 1.7
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (VulDB) SUSE
Base Score 3.3 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Low Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  CNA (VulDB) SUSE
Base Score 4.8 4.8
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements None None
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1244687 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Desktop 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 ncurses Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 ncurses Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ncurses Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ncurses Not affected
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 Desktop 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ncurses Not affected
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 12-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ncurses Not affected
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 Server for SAP Applications 15 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ncurses Not affected
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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 ncurses Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ncurses Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 ncurses Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 ncurses Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 17 02:00:24 2025
CVE page last modified: Wed Aug 6 22:25:54 2025