Bug 1473302 (CVE-2017-10684)

Summary:	CVE-2017-10684 ncurses: Stack-based buffer overflow in fmt_entry function in dump_entry.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mlichvar, sardella, v.owl337
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	ncurses 6.0-20170701	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2017-07-25 12:54:22 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1464687
Bug Blocks:	1473315

Description Adam Mariš 2017-07-20 12:44:57 UTC

A stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function in dump_entry.c was found.

Product bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464687

Upstream patch:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2017-07/msg00001.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-07-20 12:59:10 UTC

*** Bug 1473312 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2017-07-24 13:28:36 UTC

Mitigated by stack canaries/cookies.

Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2017-07-25 12:54:30 UTC

Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Comment 5 Miroslav Lichvar 2017-07-26 13:13:03 UTC

*** Bug 1464687 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***