Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018158560000000
Revision Date:2018-08-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-15856 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:An infinite loop when reaching EOL unexpectedly in compose/parser.c (aka the keymap parser) in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to cause a denial of service during parsing of crafted keymap files.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-15856
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND libxkbcommon package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1').
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