Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201717124000
Revision Date:2017-12-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17124 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description:The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17124
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'binutils' package in trusty is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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