UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555

    Published: 17 Aug 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7555
    Aliases:
    USN-3400-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7555, https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1478373, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3400-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7555

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: augeas

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3

    Affected versions

    1.1.0-0ubuntu2
    1.1.0-0ubuntu3
    1.1.0-0ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High