Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158721000
Revision Date:2016-01-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8721 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8721
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'wireshark' package in xenial is not affected (note: '2.0.2+ga16e22e-1').
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