Reassigning to the ubuntu-cve-tracker project since this is the relevant project
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-cve-tracker -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1834439 Title: designated object in OVAL definition may be wrong Status in Ubuntu CVE Tracker: Confirmed Bug description: recently published OVAL definition (https://people.canonical.com /~ubuntu-security/oval/) may have some breaking change as following: all definition which referenced 'linux' binary package object, has been affected. How to reproduce: for example find definition id: oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2019114770000000 then in criterions find test_ref="oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:tst:2019114770000000" then in that test, find object: oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:obj:201245420000000, which represent 'linux' package binaries. # oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:obj:201245420000000 <linux-def:dpkginfo_object id="oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:obj:201245420000000" version="1" comment="The 'linux' package binaries."> <linux-def:name var_ref="oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:var:201245420000000" var_check="at least one" /> </linux-def:dpkginfo_object> in this `dpkginfo_object`, <linux-def:name> used to contain only the name of the binary package, but now it contains a var_ref which points to multiple full name of the most recent binary package for linux kernel image: # oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:var:201245420000000 <constant_variable id="oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:var:201245420000000" version="1" datatype="string" comment="'linux' package binaries"> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-generic</value> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-generic-lpae</value> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-lowlatency</value> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-powerpc-e500mc</value> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-powerpc-smp</value> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-powerpc64-emb</value> <value>linux-image-4.4.0-151-powerpc64-smp</value> <value>linux-image-unsigned-4.4.0-151-generic</value> <value>linux-image-unsigned-4.4.0-151-lowlatency</value> </constant_variable> In previous version, an object of 'Linux' package has no var_ref and looks like this: # oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:obj:20137445000 <linux-def:dpkginfo_object id="oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:obj:20137445000" version="1" comment="The 'linux' package."> <linux-def:name>linux</linux-def:name> </linux-def:dpkginfo_object> Compare the object above to the recent version oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:obj:201245420000000, we can see there's a change of 'linux' package object, but of which meaning is not yet clear. I believe this is an error, an 'linux' binary package should not contain any version information, as can be seen in other packages objects which only contains a name of package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cve-tracker/+bug/1834439/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
