Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201728850000000
Revision Date:2018-04-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-2885 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
Description:An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a stack overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a special HTTP request to the vulnerable server to trigger this vulnerability.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-2885
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND libsoup2.4 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2').
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