CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-7555: Important: augeas security update (CESA-2017:2788)
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(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
08/17/2017
07/25/2018
09/25/2017
05/25/2023
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)
- centos-upgrade-augeas
- centos-upgrade-augeas-debuginfo
- centos-upgrade-augeas-devel
- centos-upgrade-augeas-libs
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