Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201783980000000
Revision Date:2017-05-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8398 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8398
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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