Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201588180000000
Revision Date
:
2016-12-29
Version
:
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
:
unix
Class
:
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
qemu package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu4').
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