Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165180000
Revision Date:2016-10-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-5180 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Heap-based buffer overflow in the ares_create_query function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-5180
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'c-ares' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1').
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