Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201783970000000
Revision Date:2017-05-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8397 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 and an invalid write of size 1 during processing of a corrupt binary containing reloc(s) with negative addresses. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8397
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
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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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