Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20164491000
Revision Date:2017-02-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-4491 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a buffer overflow, related to a node having "itself as ancestor more than once."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-4491
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'binutils' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.29-1ubuntu1').
  • OR The 'binutils-h8300-hms' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'gcc-arm-none-eabi' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'gcc-h8300-hms' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'gdb' package in bionic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '8.0-0ubuntu3').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ht' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.1.0+repack1-1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'libiberty' package in bionic is not affected (note: '20170627-1').
  • OR The 'nescc' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'sdcc' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'valgrind' package in bionic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:3.12.0-1.1ubuntu2').
  • BACK