Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201710002490000000
Revision Date:2017-09-11Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-1000249 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-1000249
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT file package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libmagic1 package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT python-magic package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT python3-magic package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
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