Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201783930000000
Revision Date:2017-05-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8393 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error because of an assumption made by code that runs for objcopy and strip, that SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections are always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy and strip, to crash.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8393
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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