Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20163961000
Revision Date: 2016-04-15 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2016-3961 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium. Description: Xen and the Linux kernel through 4.5.x do not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in x86 PV guests, which allows local PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by attempting to access a hugetlbfs mapped area. Vitaly Kuznetsov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in X86 paravirtualized guests. An attacker in the guest OS could cause a denial of service (guest system crash). Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2016-3961 Platform(s): Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Product(s): Definition Synopsis Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed. AND Package Information The 'linux' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-24.43'). 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 The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1012.16'). OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1015.18').
BACK