Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017150230000000
Revision Date:2017-10-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15023 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15023
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND binutils package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1').
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