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
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(101352);
script_version("3.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10684", "CVE-2017-10685");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Recommended update for ncurses (SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"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
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000662"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046853"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046858"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10684/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10685/"
);
# https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171815-1/
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bea6352d"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"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'."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-debugsource");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-utils-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tack");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tack-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:terminfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:terminfo-base");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/06/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/07/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/07/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
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("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED12|SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLED12 / SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);
sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP2", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
if (os_ver == "SLED12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED12 SP2", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-base-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-debugsource-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-debuginfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-base-5.9-44.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Recommended update for ncurses");
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10684
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10685
www.nessus.org/u?bea6352d
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000662
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046853
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046858
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10684/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10685/