Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2019129720000000
Revision Date:2019-06-26Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-12972 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-12972
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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