Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201867590000000
Revision Date:2018-02-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-6759 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-6759
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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