Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201773020000000
Revision Date:2017-03-29Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-7302 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7302
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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