Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018186050000000
Revision Date:2018-10-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-18605 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-18605
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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