Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201818505000
Revision Date:2019-02-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-18505 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-18505
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'firefox' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
  • OR The 'thunderbird' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
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