CVE-2017-7555 (GCVE-0-2017-7555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-17 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:36
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat, Inc. augeas Affected: up to and including 1.8.0
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Date Public
2017-08-17 00:00
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