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SUSE: 2021:3491-1 Moderate: Ncurses Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2021
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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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-3491=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3491=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): ncurses-debugsource-5.9-75.1 ncurses-devel-5.9-75.1 ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-75.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow software update ncurses suse patch instructions

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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190793

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3491-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow software update ncurses suse patch instructions

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