CVE-2017-10685

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 (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ncurses (PTS)	jessie	5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3	fixed
	stretch	6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2	fixed
	buster, sid	6.1+20181013-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
ncurses	source	(unstable)	6.0+20170701-1	high
ncurses	source	jessie	5.9+20140913-1+deb8u1	high
ncurses	source	stretch	6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1	high

[wheezy] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692