Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20155180000
Revision Date:2017-06-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-5180 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash). Florian Weimer discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the DNS resolver of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-5180
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'glibc' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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