Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20179043000
Revision Date:2017-05-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-9043 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "shift exponent too large for type unsigned long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9043
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND The 'binutils' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
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