Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017159960000000
Revision Date:2017-10-29Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15996 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15996
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: '2.31.1-6ubuntu1.1').
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