Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201712453000
Revision Date:2017-08-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-12453 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms alpha file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12453
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 'binutils' package in cosmic is not affected (note: '2.29.1-1ubuntu1').
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