Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017159390000000
Revision Date:2017-10-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15939 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, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15939
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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