Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158985000
Revision Date:2017-03-20Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8985 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8985
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'glibc' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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