Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017151190000000
Revision Date:2018-07-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15119 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.11 is vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15119
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
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-5ubuntu10.22').
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