Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018184970000000
Revision Date:2019-02-28Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-18497 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-18497
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND firefox package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
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