Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201788040000000
Revision Date:2017-05-07Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8804 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8804
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT glibc-source package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc-bin package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6 package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6-amd64 package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6-armel package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6-i386 package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6-pic package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6-s390 package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT libc6-x32 package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT locales package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT locales-all package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT multiarch-support package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
  • OR NOT nscd package in cosmic, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected.
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