Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017143330000000
Revision Date:2017-09-12Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14333 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-14333
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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