Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20155309000
Revision Date:2015-12-07Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-5309 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:Integer overflow in the terminal emulator in PuTTY before 0.66 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ECH (erase characters) escape sequence with a large parameter value, which triggers a buffer underflow.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-5309
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'putty' package in cosmic is not affected (note: '0.66-1').
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