Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201589820000000
Revision Date:2017-03-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8982 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strxfrm() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8982
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND glibc package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '2.23-0ubuntu3').
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