Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018173600000000
Revision Date:2018-09-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-17360 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-17360
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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