Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201679790000000
Revision Date:2017-05-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-7979 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-7979
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND ghostscript package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2').
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