Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017171210000000
Revision Date:2017-12-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17121 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a location after the end of the to-be-relocated section.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17121
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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