Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20177820000
Revision Date:2018-06-11Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-7820 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The "instanceof" operator can bypass the Xray wrapper mechanism. When called on web content from the browser itself or an extension the web content can provide its own result for that operator, possibly tricking the browser or extension into mishandling the element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7820
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'firefox' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
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