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Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-NCURSESDEBUGINFO-1674328
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 Jun 2017
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Introduced: 29 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-10684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ncurses-debuginfo 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-debuginfo package and not the ncurses-debuginfo 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 stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.