Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20158970000
Revision Date: 2016-11-27 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2015-8970 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium. Description: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2015-8970 Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Product(s): Definition Synopsis Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed. AND Package Information The 'linux' package in trusty is affected and needs fixing. OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1002.2'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life'). OR The 'linux-lts-vivid' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
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