Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20165342000
Revision Date:2016-08-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-5342 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
Description:Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to /dev/wcnss_wlan with an unexpected amount of data.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-5342
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in artful is not affected (note: 'Android kernel only').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in artful is not affected (note: 'Android only').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in artful is not affected (note: 'Android only').
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