Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20179041000
Revision Date
:
2017-05-17
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2017-9041 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description
:
GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2017-9041
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
AND
The 'binutils' package in artful is affected and needs fixing.
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