SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1

    SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1

    Published: 7 Jul 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Recommended update for ncurses

    Details: This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-10684: Possible RCE via stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. (bsc#1046858) - CVE-2017-10685: Possible RCE with format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. (bsc#1046853) Bugfixes: - Drop patch ncurses-5.9-environment.dif as YaST2 ncurses GUI does not need it anymore and as well as it causes bug bsc#1000662

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171815-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1000662, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046853, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046858, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10684, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10685

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.9-44.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1 | CVE-DB