Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201712450000
Revision Date:2017-08-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-12450 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:The alpha_vms_object_p function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted vms alpha file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12450
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'binutils' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.29.1-1ubuntu1').
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