Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201772270000000
Revision Date:2017-03-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-7227 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7227
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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