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openSUSE 15.5 Moderate Advisory: ncurses Pointer Dereference Fix

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A recent patch resolves a vulnerability related to pointer dereference in ncurses, strengthening security measures for multiple openSUSE editions.
This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-45918: Fixed NULL pointer dereference via corrupted xterm-256color file (bsc#1220061).

Description

This update for ncurses fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-45918: Fixed NULL pointer dereference via corrupted xterm-256color

file (bsc#1220061).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate ncurses CVE fix system update pointer dereference openSUSE

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2024-1133=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2024-1133=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-1133=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-1133=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-1133=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2024-1133=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2024-1133=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-1133=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-1133=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)

* terminfo-base-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-debugsource-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses6-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-utils-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* terminfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses6-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-utils-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* terminfo-base-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-debugsource-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses6-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-utils-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* terminfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses6-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-utils-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* ncurses-devel-32bit-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses5-32bit-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses5-devel-32bit-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses5-32bit-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* ncurses-devel-32bit-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses6-32bit-debuginfo-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* libncurses6-32bit-6.1-150000.5.24.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* ncurses-devel-6.1-150000.5.24.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1220061

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45918.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220061

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1133-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate ncurses CVE fix system update pointer dereference openSUSE

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