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SUSE MicroOS: 2021:3490-1 Moderate: Ncurses Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2021
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SUSE Security Update for ncurses addresses CVE-2021-39537 with a moderate risk assessment, along with detailed patching guidelines.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-39537: Fixed an heap-based buffer overflow in _nc_captoinfo. (bsc#1190793) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE MicroOS 5.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2021-3490=1 - SUSE MicroOS 5.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3490=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP3-2021-3490=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP2-2021-3490=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3:

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Topics Covered

security advisory ncurses moderate severity heap overflow SUSE Linux Enterprise patch instructions SUSE MicroOS

References

#1190793

Cross- CVE-2021-39537

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-39537 (SUSE): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE MicroOS 5.1

SUSE MicroOS 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39537.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190793

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3490-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory ncurses moderate severity heap overflow SUSE Linux Enterprise patch instructions SUSE MicroOS

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