Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20187166000
Revision Date:2018-08-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-7166 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:In all versions of Node.js 10 prior to 10.9.0, an argument processing flaw can cause `Buffer.alloc()` to return uninitialized memory. This method is intended to be safe and only return initialized, or cleared, memory. The third argument specifying `encoding` can be passed as a number, this is misinterpreted by `Buffer's` internal "fill" method as the `start` to a fill operation. This flaw may be abused where `Buffer.alloc()` arguments are derived from user input to return uncleared memory blocks that may contain sensitive information.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-7166
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 'nodejs' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'code not present').
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