Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201790400000000
Revision Date:2017-05-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-9040 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9040
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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