This update for ncurses fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :
CVE-2017-13734: Prevent illegal address access in the
_nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056126).
CVE-2017-13733: Prevent illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056127).
CVE-2017-13732: Prevent illegal address access in the function dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056128).
CVE-2017-13731: Prevent illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056129).
CVE-2017-13730: Prevent illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056131).
CVE-2017-13729: Prevent illegal address access in the
_nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056132).
CVE-2017-13728: Prevent infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c that might have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056136).
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.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
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script_id(106527);
script_version("3.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/13");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13728", "CVE-2017-13729", "CVE-2017-13730", "CVE-2017-13731", "CVE-2017-13732", "CVE-2017-13733", "CVE-2017-13734");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ncurses (SUSE-SU-2018:0284-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
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"This update for ncurses fixes several issues. These security issues
were fixed :
- CVE-2017-13734: Prevent illegal address access in the
_nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c that might have
lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056126).
- CVE-2017-13733: Prevent illegal address access in the
fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c that might have
lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056127).
- CVE-2017-13732: Prevent illegal address access in the
function dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c that might
have lead to a remote denial of service attack
(bsc#1056128).
- CVE-2017-13731: Prevent illegal address access in the
function postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c that
might have lead to a remote denial of service attack
(bsc#1056129).
- CVE-2017-13730: Prevent illegal address access in the
function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c that
might have lead to a remote denial of service attack
(bsc#1056131).
- CVE-2017-13729: Prevent illegal address access in the
_nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c that might have
lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1056132).
- CVE-2017-13728: Prevent infinite loop in the next_char
function in comp_scan.c that might have lead to a remote
denial of service attack (bsc#1056136).
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."
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056126"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056127"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056128"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056129"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056131"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056132"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056136"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13728/"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13729/"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13730/"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13731/"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13732/"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13733/"
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13734/"
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# https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180284-1/
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?36382651"
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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-SP3:zypper in -t
patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-209=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t
patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-209=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t
patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-209=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-209=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-209=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-209=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-209=1
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-209=1
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-209=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:"2017/08/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 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);
sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
if (os_ver == "SLED12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED12 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses5-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses6-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"tack-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"terminfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"terminfo-base-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses5-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses6-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"tack-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"terminfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"terminfo-base-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-base-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-debugsource-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tack-debuginfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"terminfo-base-5.9-58.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ncurses");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
novell | suse_linux | libncurses5 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5 |
novell | suse_linux | libncurses5-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5-debuginfo |
novell | suse_linux | libncurses6 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6 |
novell | suse_linux | libncurses6-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6-debuginfo |
novell | suse_linux | ncurses-debugsource | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-debugsource |
novell | suse_linux | ncurses-devel | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel |
novell | suse_linux | ncurses-devel-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel-debuginfo |
novell | suse_linux | ncurses-utils | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-utils |
novell | suse_linux | ncurses-utils-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-utils-debuginfo |
novell | suse_linux | tack | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tack |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13728
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13729
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13730
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13731
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13732
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13733
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13734
www.nessus.org/u?36382651
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056126
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056127
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056128
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056129
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056131
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056132
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056136
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13728/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13729/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13730/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13731/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13732/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13733/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13734/