Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201817977000
Revision Date: 2018-10-08 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2018-17977 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium. Description: The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2018-17977 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 is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). OR The 'linux-aws-hwe' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it. OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). OR The 'linux-azure-edge' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). 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, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). 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, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). 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, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it. OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29'). OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2018-10-29').
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