Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017149770000000
Revision Date:2017-10-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14977 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-14977
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND poppler package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4').
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