Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201434210000000
Revision Date:2014-05-08Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-3421 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-3421
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • emacs24 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '24.5+1-6ubuntu1').
  • OR xemacs21-packages package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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