Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201653420000000
Revision Date:2016-08-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-5342 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to /dev/wcnss_wlan with an unexpected amount of data.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-5342
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • linux-flo: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR linux-goldfish: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR linux-mako: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'abandoned').
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