Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717087000
Revision Date:2017-12-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17087 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group (which may be different from the group ownership of the original file), which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an applicable group membership, as demonstrated by /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow mode 0640, but /etc/.shadow.swp owned by root:users mode 0640, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000382.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17087
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'vim' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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