Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201718266000
Revision Date:2018-05-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-18266 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-18266
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'xdg-utils' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.3').
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