Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201685680000000
Revision Date:2017-02-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-8568 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-8568
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND libgit2 package in cosmic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '0.27.4+dfsg.1-0.1').
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