Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20185784000
Revision Date:2018-01-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-5784 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-5784
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'tiff' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3').
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