Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201589720000000
Revision Date:2017-01-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8972 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - negligible.
Description:Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large input, as demonstrated when in UCI mode.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8972
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND gnuchess package in cosmic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '6.2.5-1').
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