Out-of-Bounds Affecting augeas package, versions <1.8.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.95% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-AUGEAS-5675362
  • published17 Aug 2017
  • disclosed17 Aug 2017

Introduced: 17 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 augeas to version 1.8.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream augeas package and not the augeas package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.