Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201868720000000
Revision Date:2018-02-09Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-6872 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-6872
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').
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