Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018206570000000
Revision Date:2019-01-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-20657 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible.
Description:The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-20657
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 may need fixing.
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