Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018156860000000
Revision Date:2018-10-26Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-15686 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-15686
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND systemd package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '229-4ubuntu21.8').
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