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SUSE: 2023:4891-1 moderate vulnerability in ncurses segmentation fault

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
A recent ncurses update addresses a significant security vulnerability for SUSE platforms. Discover the details regarding the fix and the impacted software.
* bsc#1201384 * bsc#1218014 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-50495

Summary

## This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-50495: Fixed a segmentation fault via _nc_wrap_entry() (bsc#1218014) * Modify reset command to avoid altering clocal if the terminal uses a modem (bsc#1201384) ## 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-5.3-2023-4891=1 * openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-4891=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4891=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4891=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update moderate severity SUSE Linux segmentation fault ncurses patch

References

* bsc#1201384

* bsc#1218014

Cross-

* CVE-2023-50495

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-50495 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-50495 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

* Development Tools Module 15-SP4

* Development Tools Module 15-SP5

* Legacy Module 15-SP4

* Legacy Module 15-SP5

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4891-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory software update moderate severity SUSE Linux segmentation fault ncurses patch

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