Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201710916000
Revision Date:2017-07-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-10916 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-10916
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'xen' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2').
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