Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018179610000000
Revision Date
:
2018-10-15
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2018-17961 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description
:
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2018-17961
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
AND
ghostscript package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1').
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