Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20164472000
Revision Date:2016-06-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-4472 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description:The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-4472
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'audacity' package in artful is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'cadaver' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'coin3' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'expat' package in artful is not affected (note: '2.1.1-1ubuntu1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'gdcm' package in artful is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'matanza' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'paraview' package in artful is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'poco' package in artful is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'simgear' package in artful is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'sitecopy' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'code-not-compiled').
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'swish-e' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'tdom' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'tla' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'vnc4' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'wbxml2' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'xmlrpc-c' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
  • OR The vulnerability of the 'xotcl' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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