Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7555
CVE-2017-7555
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.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords17 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-augeaspkg:apk/chainguard/py3.11-augeaspkg:apk/chainguard/py3.12-augeaspkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-augeaspkg:apk/chainguard/py3-augeaspkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/augeas&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
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- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-12.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-17.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.0-3.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-12.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-17.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-12.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.0-3.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-12.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-17.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.0-3.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-12.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.0-17.3.1
- Red Hat, Inc./augeasv5Range: up to and including 1.8.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403nvd
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555nvd
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