Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20187408000
Revision Date:2018-02-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-7408 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status). It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-7408
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'npm' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'code not present').
  • BACK