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CVE-2017-7555

Publication date 17 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
augeas 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
augeas

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H