Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20197221000
Revision Date:2019-03-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-7221 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free. Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-7221
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.18.0-17.18').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.18.0-1012.14').
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.18.0-1014.14').
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.18.0-1008.9').
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.18.0-1009.9').
  • OR The 'linux-oem' package in cosmic is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1035.40').
  • OR The 'linux-oracle' package in cosmic is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1010.12').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.18.0-1011.13').
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