Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201817985000
Revision Date:2018-10-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-17985 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving many 'P' characters.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-17985
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'binutils' package in xenial is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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