Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20187162000
Revision Date:2018-06-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-7162 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:All versions of Node.js 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-7162
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'nodejs' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'code not present').
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