Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201715020000
Revision Date:2017-10-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15020 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to parse_die and parse_line_table, as demonstrated by a parse_die heap-based buffer over-read.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15020
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'binutils' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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