Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201816884000
Revision Date:2018-12-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-16884 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. NFS41+ shares mounted in different network namespaces at the same time can make bc_svc_process() use wrong back-channel IDs and cause a use-after-free vulnerability. Thus a malicious container user can cause a host kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out. Vasily Averin and Evgenii Shatokhin discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NFS41+ subsystem when multiple network namespaces are in use. A local attacker in a container could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-16884
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: '4.4.0-145.171').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1079.89').
  • OR The 'linux-aws-hwe' package in xenial is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1038.40~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1044.48').
  • OR The 'linux-azure-edge' package in xenial is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1044.48').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage 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 is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1031.33~16.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-49.52~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-49.52~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1043.49').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage now end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-oracle' package in xenial is affected. An update containing the fix has been completed and is pending publication (note: '4.15.0-1012.14~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1106.114').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1110.115').
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