Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201820796000
Revision Date:2019-02-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-20796 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by '(\227|)(\\1\\1|t1|\\\2537)+' in grep.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-20796
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'glibc' package in xenial is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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