Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20166259000
Revision Date:2016-08-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-6259 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-6259
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'xen' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2').
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