Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201716831000
Revision Date:2017-11-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16831 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16831
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: '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04').
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