CVE-2017-7555
augeas - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-7555
To remediate CVE-2017-7555, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.4.0-r5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.10.0-1+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.2.0-0.2+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-7555 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.4.0-r5
- from 0, < 1.8.1-1
- from 0, < 0.10.0-1+deb7u1
- from 0, < 1.2.0-0.2+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |