Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20168610000
Revision Date:2017-11-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-8610 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-8610
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'gnutls28' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.4.10-4ubuntu1.2').
  • OR The 'openssl' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6').
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