Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165289000
Revision Date:2018-06-11Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-5289 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-5289
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'firefox' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'thunderbird' package in xenial is not affected.
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