Upstream information

CVE-2017-10685 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 5.6
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High Low
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1046853 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1115932 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1175501 [RESOLVED / WORKSFORME]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend:beta1
Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny:2.78
Container caasp/v4/flannel:0.9.1
Container caasp/v4/haproxy:beta1
Container caasp/v4/kubedns:beta1
Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller:beta1
Container caasp/v4/openldap:beta1
Container caasp/v4/pause:1.0.0
Container caasp/v4/pv-recycler-node:8.25
Container caasp/v4/salt-api:beta1
Container caasp/v4/salt-master:beta1
Container caasp/v4/salt-minion:beta1
Container caasp/v4/sidecar:beta1
Container caasp/v4/velum:4.0.0
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Container suse/sles12sp3:12.16
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Container suse/sles12sp4:14.28
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Container suse/sles12sp5:5.2.257
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Image SLES12-SP4-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-EC2-HVM-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-OCI-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-OCI-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • tack >= 5.6-93.6.1
Patchnames:
sdksp4-ncurses-13197
sdksp4-ncurses-13227
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • tack >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1119
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1119
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • tack >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-64.1
  • tack >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-64.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002
  • sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002
  • sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • libncurses5-x86 >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • libncurses6-x86 >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • tack >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • terminfo >= 5.6-93.6.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.6-93.6.1
Patchnames:
sdksp4-ncurses-13197
sdksp4-ncurses-13227
slessp4-ncurses-13197
slessp4-ncurses-13227
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • tack >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1119
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1119
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002
  • sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002
  • sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821
  • tack >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-58.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-58.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-58.1
  • sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002
  • sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002
  • sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821
  • tack >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-58.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-58.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses5-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-64.1
  • libncurses6-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-devel-32bit >= 5.9-64.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-64.1
  • sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002
  • sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002
  • sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821
  • tack >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-64.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-64.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA libncurses5-32bit-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-64.1
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
  • libncurses5 >= 5.9-50.1
  • libncurses6 >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • ncurses-utils >= 5.9-50.1
  • tack >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo >= 5.9-50.1
  • terminfo-base >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1119
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
  • sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002
  • sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002
  • sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
  • sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002
  • sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002
  • sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20180821
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-64.1
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2018-1762
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1119
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1279
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-58.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-58.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • ncurses-devel >= 5.9-50.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-5.9-64.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ncurses-devel-5.9-64.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ncurses Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL ncurses Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ncurses Released
Magnum Orchestration 7 ncurses Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 ncurses Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS ncurses Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ncurses Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ncurses Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ncurses Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ncurses Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ncurses Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ncurses Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ncurses Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ncurses Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 30 02:28:13 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 17:14:19 2023