Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201685780000000
Revision Date:2016-11-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-8578 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-8578
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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