Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201714140000
Revision Date:2017-09-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14140 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR. Otto Ebeling discovered that the memory manager in the Linux kernel did not properly check the effective UID in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-14140
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-97.120').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1038.47').
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1005.7').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed ESM criteria').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1002.5').
  • OR The 'linux-gke' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1032.32').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2').
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1008.13').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-oem' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.13.0-1008.9').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1075.83').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1077.82').
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