Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201715265000
Revision Date:2017-10-16Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15265 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted /dev/snd/seq ioctl calls, related to sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c and sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel when creating and deleting a port via ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15265
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-101.124').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1041.50').
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1005.7').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed ESM criteria').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1002.5').
  • OR The 'linux-gke' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1034.34').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2').
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1010.15').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-oem' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.13.0-1008.9').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1077.85').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1079.84').
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