Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting ncurses-base package, versions <0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.14% (90th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-NCURSESBASE-1674370
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 29 Jun 2017
Introduced: 29 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-10685 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ncurses-base to version 0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1302.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-base package and not the ncurses-base package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
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