Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201712814000
Revision Date:2017-09-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-12814 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Stack-based buffer overflow in the CPerlHost::Add method in win32/perlhost.h in Perl before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 on Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long environment variable.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12814
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'perl' package in xenial is not affected.
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