SUSE-SU-2019:2997-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:2997-1

    Published: 18 Nov 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for ncurses

    Details: This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-17594: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function (bsc#1154036). - CVE-2019-17595: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function (bsc#1154037). Non-security issue fixed: - Removed screen.xterm from terminfo database (bsc#1103320).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192997-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1103320, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1154036, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1154037, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17594, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17595

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.1-5.6.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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