vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3400-1 (CVE-2017-7555): Augeas vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 17, 2017 | Aug 21, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 17, 2017
Added
Aug 21, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-augeas-toolsubuntu-upgrade-libaugeas0
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