Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717819000
Revision Date
:
2017-12-20
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2017-17819 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
Description
:
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function find_cc() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because pointers associated with skip_white_ calls are not validated.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2017-17819
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
AND
The 'nasm' package in artful was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.13.01-2ubuntu0.1').
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