augeas CVE-2017-7555 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	100378
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7555
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 17 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 24 2017 01:11PM
Credit:	Han Han (Red Hat)
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 17.04 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Redhat OpenStack 6 Installer for RHEL 7 0 Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-30 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64 Augeas augeas -
Not Vulnerable:

augeas CVE-2017-7555 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

augeas is prone to a local memory-corruption vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application or crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

augeas CVE-2017-7555 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

augeas CVE-2017-7555 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

augeas CVE-2017-7555 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2017-7555 (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2017-7555 augeas: crash/memory corruption when handling certain escaped str (Seclists.org)
  
• Augeas Homepage (augeas)
  
• Bug 1478373 - (CVE-2017-7555) CVE-2017-7555 augeas: Improper handling of escape (Redhat)