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SUSE: CVE-2017-10685: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-10685: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/06/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libncurses5
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses5-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses5-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses6
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses6-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses6-x86
  • suse-upgrade-ncurses-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ncurses-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-ncurses-utils
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp2-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-tack
  • suse-upgrade-terminfo
  • suse-upgrade-terminfo-base

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