Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20171000408000
Revision Date:2018-01-31Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-1000408 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-1000408
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'glibc' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.23-0ubuntu10').
  • BACK