Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201712459000
Revision Date:2017-08-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-12459 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab function in bfd/mach-o.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted mach-o file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12459
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'binutils' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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