Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20179079000
Revision Date:2017-05-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-9079 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9079
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'dropbear' package in cosmic is not affected (note: '2017.75-3build1').
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