CVE-2017-7555

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7555
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-17 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-09 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAugeas 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Augeas Augeas All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3949-1 augeas DEBIAN www.debian.org
* src/pathx.c (parse_name): correctly handle trailing whitespace in n… by lutter · Pull Request #480 · hercules-team/augeas · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-7555 - Memory Corruption Vulnerability in augeas | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
augeas CVE-2017-7555 Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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