Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201718269000
Revision Date:2018-05-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-18269 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-18269
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'glibc' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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