Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717669000
Revision Date:2017-12-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17669 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17669
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'exiv2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3').
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