Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017171250000000
Revision Date:2017-12-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17125
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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