Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158818000
Revision Date:2016-12-29Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8818 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which allows local privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8818
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 'qemu' package in xenial is not affected (note: '1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu4').
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