Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017124570000000
Revision Date
:
2017-08-04
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description
:
The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a NULL dereference via a crafted file.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2017-12457
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
AND
binutils package in cosmic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '2.29.1-1ubuntu1').
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