Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20130311000
Revision Date: 2013-02-21 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2013-0311 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium. Description: The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges. A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's vhost driver used to accelerate guest networking in KVM based virtual machines. A privileged guest user could exploit this flaw to crash the host system. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2013-0311 Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Product(s): Definition Synopsis Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed. AND Package Information The 'linux' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.0-39.62'). OR The 'linux-armadaxp' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.0-1615.23'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR The 'linux-lts-quantal' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.5.0-26.42~precise1'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.13.0-24.46~precise1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR The 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.0-1427.36').
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