Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20178925000
Revision Date: 2017-05-12 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2017-8925 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium. Description: The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling. It was discovered that the USB ZyXEL omni.net LCD PLUS driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion). Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2017-8925 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: '4.4.0-75.96'). OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1016.25'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.11.0-1009.9'). 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 NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gcp' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.10.0-1004.4'). OR The 'linux-gke' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1012.12'). 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: '4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2'). OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-kvm' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1004.9'). 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: '4.4.0-1054.61'). OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1057.61').
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