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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ncurses (SUSE-SU-2024:1132-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 193047
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1132-1 advisory.- ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c. (CVE-2023-45918)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1220061
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-April/034890.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 193047
File Name: suse_SU-2024-1132-1.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/9/2024
Updated: 4/9/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45918
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libncurses6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ncurses-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tack, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:terminfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:terminfo-base, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-45918
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1132-1