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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7555: augeas Improper handling of escaped strings leading to memory corruption

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7555: augeas Improper handling of escaped strings leading to memory corruption

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-augeas

References

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