Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158985000
Revision Date:2017-03-20Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8985 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
Description:The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8985
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND The 'glibc' package in artful is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2017-12-19').
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