UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7555
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555
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Published
2017-08-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:12Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / augeas

Package

Name
augeas
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/augeas@1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-0ubuntu2
1.1.0-0ubuntu3
1.1.0-0ubuntu4
1.2.0-0ubuntu1
1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1
1.2.0-0ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "augeas-lenses",
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "augeas-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaugeas-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaugeas0",
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / augeas

Package

Name
augeas
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/augeas@1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-0ubuntu1
1.3.0-0ubuntu2
1.4.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "augeas-lenses",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "augeas-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaugeas-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaugeas0",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}