Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017150220000000
Revision Date:2017-10-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15022 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and parse_comp_unit.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15022
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND binutils package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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