Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017168320000000
Revision Date:2017-11-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16832 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16832
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: '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04').
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