Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201817407000
Revision Date:2018-09-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-17407 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-17407
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'texlive-bin' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1').
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