A ncurses security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:3490-1: moderate: Security update for ncurses

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ncurses
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3490-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1190793
Cross-References: 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:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

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 openSUSE 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:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-3490=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libncurses5-6.1-5.9.1
libncurses5-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
libncurses6-6.1-5.9.1
libncurses6-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-debugsource-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-devel-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-devel-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-utils-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-utils-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses5-devel-6.1-5.9.1
tack-6.1-5.9.1
tack-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
terminfo-6.1-5.9.1
terminfo-base-6.1-5.9.1
terminfo-iterm-6.1-5.9.1
terminfo-screen-6.1-5.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libncurses5-32bit-6.1-5.9.1
libncurses5-32bit-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
libncurses6-32bit-6.1-5.9.1
libncurses6-32bit-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-devel-32bit-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses-devel-32bit-debuginfo-6.1-5.9.1
ncurses5-devel-32bit-6.1-5.9.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39537.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190793