Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201818586000
Revision Date:2018-10-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-18586 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible.
Description:** DISPUTED ** chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against absolute/relative pathnames in CHM files, leading to Directory Traversal. NOTE: the vendor disputes that this is a libmspack vulnerability, because chmextract.c was only intended as a source-code example, not a supported application.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-18586
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'clamav' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'uses system libmspack').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'libmspack' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'code not compiled').
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