Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201772090000000
Revision Date
:
2017-03-21
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2017-7209 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description
:
The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2017-7209
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
AND
binutils package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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