Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201715023000
Revision Date:2017-10-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15023 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
Description:read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15023
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'binutils' package in artful is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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