Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201610254000
Revision Date:2017-03-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-10254 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-10254
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND The 'elfutils' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '0.168-0.2').
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