Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017170440000000
Revision Date:2017-11-28Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17044 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17044
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND xen package in bionic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.9.2-0ubuntu1').
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