Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201758560000000
Revision Date:2017-03-16Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-5856 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-5856
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND qemu package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2').
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