Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017128830000000
Revision Date:2017-09-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-12883 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12883
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND perl package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2').
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