Bug 1218014 (CVE-2023-50495)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-50495: ncurses: segmentation fault via _nc_wrap_entry()
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	IN_PROGRESS ---	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	gabriele.sonnu, meissner, werner
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/387747/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-50495:5.5:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-12-13 09:50:50 UTC

NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-50495

Comment 1 Gabriele Sonnu 2023-12-13 09:52:08 UTC

Upstream patch:

https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.4/ncurses-6.4-20230424.patch.gz

Factory and ALP already have it, tracking as affected:

 - SUSE:SLE-12:Update/ncurses  5.9
 - SUSE:SLE-12:Update/ncurses  5.9
 - SUSE:SLE-15:Update/ncurses  6.1

Comment 2 Dr. Werner Fink 2023-12-14 10:40:05 UTC

Submitted to both SLE-15 as well as SLE-12

Comment 3 Maintenance Automation 2023-12-18 16:30:08 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4892-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1218014
CVE References: CVE-2023-50495
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src): ncurses-5.9-85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src): ncurses-5.9-85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src): ncurses-5.9-85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src): ncurses-5.9-85.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 4 Maintenance Automation 2023-12-18 16:30:10 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4891-1: An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1201384, 1218014
CVE References: CVE-2023-50495
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
Development Tools Module 15-SP4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
Development Tools Module 15-SP5 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
Legacy Module 15-SP4 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
Legacy Module 15-SP5 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (src): ncurses-6.1-150000.5.20.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.