Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201718018000
Revision Date:2018-01-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-18018 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-18018
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'coreutils' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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