Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20187273000
Revision Date: 2018-02-20 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2018-7273 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible. Description: In the Linux kernel through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables using printk calls within the function show_floppy in drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this information from dmesg and use the addresses to find the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2018-7273 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 and needs fixing. OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing. OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1'). OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2'). OR The 'linux-azure-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2'). 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 was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life'). OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1'). OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1'). OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing. 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 needed now end-of-life'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-oracle' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1'). OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing. OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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