Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201790380000000
Revision Date:2017-05-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-9038 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9038
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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