openSUSE Security Update: Recommended update for ncurses
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2017:1882-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1000662 #1046853 #1046858 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-10684 CVE-2017-10685
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.2
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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

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-823=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

      libncurses5-5.9-55.3.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-55.3.1
      libncurses6-5.9-55.3.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-debugsource-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-devel-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-utils-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-55.3.1
      tack-5.9-55.3.1
      tack-debuginfo-5.9-55.3.1
      terminfo-5.9-55.3.1
      terminfo-base-5.9-55.3.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

      libncurses5-32bit-5.9-55.3.1
      libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-55.3.1
      libncurses6-32bit-5.9-55.3.1
      libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-55.3.1
      ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-55.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10684.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10685.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1000662
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046853
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046858