Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20164472000
Revision Date:2016-06-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-4472 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-4472
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 'audacity' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR The 'cadaver' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'coin3' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'expat' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.1.1-1ubuntu1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'gdcm' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR The 'matanza' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'paraview' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'poco' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'simgear' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'uses system expat').
  • OR The 'sitecopy' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'code-not-compiled').
  • OR The 'swish-e' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'tdom' package in bionic is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'tla' package in bionic is not affected (note: '1.3.5+dfsg-15').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
  • OR The 'wbxml2' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'xmlrpc-c' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'xotcl' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • BACK