Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158816000
Revision Date:2016-04-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8816 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device. Alexandru Cornea discovered that a race condition existed in the USB hub initialization code in the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8816
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-2.16').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gke' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1003.3').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1003.4').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
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