Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20181079000
Revision Date:2018-04-12Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1079 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call. The REST interface of the pcsd service did not properly sanitize the file name from the /remote/put_file query. If the /etc/booth directory exists, an authenticated attacker with write permissions could create or overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data outside of the /etc/booth directory, in the context of the pcsd process.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1079
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'pcs' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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