Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201674210000000
Revision Date:2016-12-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-7421 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-7421
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND qemu package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6').
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