Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20179778000
Revision Date:2017-06-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-9778 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section. A malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause GDB to repeatedly allocate memory until a process limit is reached. This can, for example, impede efforts to analyze malware with GDB.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9778
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND The 'gdb' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
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