Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20170898000
Revision Date:2017-09-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-0898 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-0898
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'ruby2.3' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.3.1-2~16.04.10').
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