Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20187550000
Revision Date:2018-03-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-7550 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a mh_load_end_addr value greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write memory access.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-7550
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'qemu' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.28').
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