Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158972000
Revision Date:2017-01-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8972 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - negligible.
Description:Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large input, as demonstrated when in UCI mode.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8972
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'gnuchess' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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