CVE-2017-7555 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403 https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8