Name | CVE-2017-10685 |
Description | In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
NVD severity | high |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
ncurses (PTS) | stretch | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
buster | 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2 | fixed | |
bullseye, sid | 6.2+20201114-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ncurses | source | jessie | 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u1 | |||
ncurses | source | stretch | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1 | |||
ncurses | source | (unstable) | 6.0+20170701-1 |
[wheezy] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692