Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20164303000
Revision Date:2016-09-26Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-4303 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-4303
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'iperf' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'iperf3 only').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'iperf3' package in bionic is not affected (note: '3.1.3-1').
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