Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017175210000000
Revision Date:2017-12-14Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17521 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:uiutil.c in FontForge through 20170731 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17534.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17521
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND fontforge package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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