Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018203400000000
Revision Date:2019-03-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-20340 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:Yubico libu2f-host 1.1.6 contains unchecked buffers in devs.c, which could enable a malicious token to exploit a buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to attempt to execute malicious code using a crafted USB device masquerading as a security token on a computer where the affected library is currently in use. It is not possible to perform this attack with a genuine YubiKey.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-20340
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND libu2f-host package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.1.6-1ubuntu0.1').
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