CVE-2017-11113

Upstream information

CVE-2017-11113 at MITRE

Description

In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Running

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5	4.1
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Medium
Authentication	None	Single
Confidentiality Impact	None	Partial
Integrity Impact	None	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.5	5.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Access Vector	Network	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	Low
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	Low
Integrity Impact	None	Low
Availability Impact	High	Low

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1046853 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1047965 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2017:2075-1, published Mon Aug 7 10:11:39 MDT 2017
• SUSE-SU-2017:2076-1, published Mon Aug 7 10:12:41 MDT 2017
• SUSE-SU-2017:2470-1, published Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:11:54 +0200 (CEST)
• SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:06:53 +0200 (CEST)
• SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:07:32 +0200 (CEST)
• SUSE-SU-2017:2701-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:08:09 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:2158-1, published Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:12:41 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1279
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL	caasp-container-manifests >= 0.0.0+git_r155_93e40ab-2.3.3 container-feeder >= 0.0.0+20170901.git_r55_17ecbd3-2.3.3 sles12-mariadb-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.10 sles12-pause-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.11 sles12-pv-recycler-node-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.10 sles12-salt-api-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.9 sles12-salt-master-docker-image >= 1.1.0-4.3.10 sles12-salt-minion-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.8 sles12-velum-docker-image >= 1.1.0-4.3.9	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2017-1531
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1 tack >= 5.9-58.1 terminfo >= 5.9-58.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA libncurses5-32bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002 sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	libncurses5 >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses5-x86 >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses6 >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses6-x86 >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.6-93.6.1 tack >= 5.6-93.6.1 terminfo >= 5.6-93.6.1 terminfo-base >= 5.6-93.6.1	Patchnames: slessp4-ncurses-13227
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-58.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1 tack >= 5.9-58.1 terminfo >= 5.9-58.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA libncurses5-32bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	libncurses5 >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses5-x86 >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses6 >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 libncurses6-x86 >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.6-93.6.1 tack >= 5.6-93.6.1 terminfo >= 5.6-93.6.1 terminfo-base >= 5.6-93.6.1	Patchnames: slessp4-ncurses-13227
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1 tack >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo >= 5.9-50.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	ncurses >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.6.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1 tack >= 5.6-93.6.1	Patchnames: sdksp4-ncurses-13227
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	ncurses >= 5.9-50.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel
openSUSE Leap 42.2	libncurses5 >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses5-debuginfo >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses6-debuginfo >= 5.9-55.6.1 libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-debugsource >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-devel-debuginfo >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-55.6.1 ncurses-utils-debuginfo >= 5.9-55.6.1 tack >= 5.9-55.6.1 tack-debuginfo >= 5.9-55.6.1 terminfo >= 5.9-55.6.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-55.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-920
openSUSE Leap 42.3	libncurses5 >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses5-debuginfo >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses6 >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses6-debuginfo >= 5.9-59.1 libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-debugsource >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-devel >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-devel-debuginfo >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-utils >= 5.9-59.1 ncurses-utils-debuginfo >= 5.9-59.1 tack >= 5.9-59.1 tack-debuginfo >= 5.9-59.1 terminfo >= 5.9-59.1 terminfo-base >= 5.9-59.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-920

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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.

Product(s)	Source package	State
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7.0	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP2	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	ncurses	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS	ncurses	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS	ncurses	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for Raspberry PI	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	ncurses	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	ncurses	Released