VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7555
Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.00%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.00% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-119
- Affected
- augeas/augeas
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.