CentOS ProjectCESA-2017:2788augeas security update
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.032 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.2%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:2788
Augeas is a configuration editing tool. It parses configuration files in their native formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration changes are made by manipulating this tree and saving it back into native config files.
Security Fix(es):
- A vulnerability was discovered in augeas affecting the handling of escaped strings. An 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. (CVE-2017-7555)
This issue was discovered by Han Han (Red Hat).
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2017-September/084707.html
Affected packages:
augeas
augeas-devel
augeas-libs
Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | augeas | < 1.4.0-2.el7_4.1 | augeas-1.4.0-2.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | i686 | augeas-devel | < 1.4.0-2.el7_4.1 | augeas-devel-1.4.0-2.el7_4.1.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | augeas-devel | < 1.4.0-2.el7_4.1 | augeas-devel-1.4.0-2.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | i686 | augeas-libs | < 1.4.0-2.el7_4.1 | augeas-libs-1.4.0-2.el7_4.1.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | augeas-libs | < 1.4.0-2.el7_4.1 | augeas-libs-1.4.0-2.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.032 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.2%