Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20169923000
Revision Date:2016-12-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-9923 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.
Description:Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-9923
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'qemu-kvm' package in precise is affected and needs fixing.
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