Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20185118000
Revision Date:2018-06-11Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-5118 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The screenshot images displayed in the Activity Stream page displayed when a new tab is opened is created from the meta tags of websites. An issue was discovered where the page could attempt to create these images through "file:" URLs from the local file system. This loading is blocked by the sandbox but could expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-5118
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'firefox' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
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