Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20172896000
Revision Date:2017-11-20Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-2896 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . A specially crafted XLS file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-2896
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 'r-cran-readxl' package in bionic is not affected (note: '1.0.0-2').
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