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HistoryNov 01, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

openSUSE 15 Security Update : ncurses (openSUSE-SU-2021:1417-1)

2021-11-0100:00:00
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The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1417-1 advisory.

  • An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2021-39537)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-SU-2021:1417-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(154768);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-39537");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 15 Security Update : ncurses (openSUSE-SU-2021:1417-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
openSUSE-SU-2021:1417-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer
    overflow. (CVE-2021-39537)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190793");
  # https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RTS45TDORJPZD3OEON7W6CTYLNX6KQ3J/
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?35fae0b9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39537");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-39537");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/09/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/10/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/11/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5-32bit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6-32bit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel-32bit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses5-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses5-devel-32bit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tack");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:terminfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:terminfo-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:terminfo-iterm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:terminfo-screen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('audit.inc');
include('global_settings.inc');
include('misc_func.inc');
include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/SuSE/release');
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'openSUSE');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^SUSE([\d.]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'openSUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, 'openSUSE', '15.2', release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'openSUSE ' + os_ver, cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'libncurses5-32bit-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libncurses5-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libncurses6-32bit-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libncurses6-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ncurses-devel-32bit-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ncurses-devel-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ncurses-utils-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ncurses5-devel-32bit-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ncurses5-devel-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'tack-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'terminfo-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'terminfo-base-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'terminfo-iterm-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'terminfo-screen-6.1-lp152.8.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var release = NULL;
  var cpu = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && release) {
    if (rpm_check(release:release, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libncurses5 / libncurses5-32bit / libncurses6 / libncurses6-32bit / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellopensuselibncurses5p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5
novellopensuselibncurses5-32bitp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses5-32bit
novellopensuselibncurses6p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6
novellopensuselibncurses6-32bitp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libncurses6-32bit
novellopensusencurses-develp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel
novellopensusencurses-devel-32bitp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-devel-32bit
novellopensusencurses-utilsp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses-utils
novellopensusencurses5-develp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses5-devel
novellopensusencurses5-devel-32bitp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncurses5-devel-32bit
novellopensusetackp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tack
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