Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201774930000000
Revision Date:2017-05-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-7493 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7493
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-5ubuntu10.15').
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