Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018109000000000
Revision Date:2018-07-26Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-10900 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-10900
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND network-manager-vpnc package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.1.93-1ubuntu0.1').
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