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CVE-2017-7555

Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings.

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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.

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Affected versions

  • Red Hat, Inc. augeas

    Version range not reported

References 6

puppet.com

securityfocus.com

access.redhat.com

GitHub · hercules-team/augeas

debian.org