Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20178821000
Revision Date:2017-12-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8821 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, which triggers an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password, aka TROVE-2017-011.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8821
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'tor' package in bionic is not affected (note: '0.3.1.9-1').
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