Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201610542000
Revision Date:2018-05-31Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-10542 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:ws is a "simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455". By sending an overly long websocket payload to a `ws` server, it is possible to crash the node process. This affects ws 1.1.0 and earlier.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-10542
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The 'node-ws' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
    • BACK