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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - augeas: Improper handling of escaped strings leading to memory corruption (CVE-2017-7555)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to the versions of the augeas package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The Opus codec is designed for interactive speech and     audio transmission over the Internet. It is designed by     the IETF Codec Working Group and incorporates     technology from Skype's SILK codec and Xiph.Org's CELT     codec.Security Fix(es):An information disclosure     vulnerability in silk/NLSF_stabilize.c in libopus in     Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application     to access data outside of its permission levels. This     issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to     access sensitive data without permission. Product:
    Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.
    Android ID: A-31607432.(CVE-2017-0381)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.(CVE-2017-7555)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2403 advisory.

    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):

    * augeas: Improper handling of escaped strings leading to memory corruption (CVE-2017-7555)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the augeas package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for augeas fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7555: Fix a memory corruption bug could have     lead to arbitrary code execution by passing crafted     strings that would be mis-handled by parse_name()     (bsc#1054171).

  - CVE-2014-8119: Fix improper handling of escaped strings     leading to memory corruption (bsc#925225).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for augeas fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7555: Fix a memory corruption bug could have     lead to arbitrary code execution by passing crafted     strings that would be mis-handled by parse_name()     (bsc#1054171).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for augeas fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7555: Fix a memory corruption bug could have     lead to arbitrary code execution by passing crafted     strings that would be mis-handled by parse_name()     (bsc#1054171).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.

According to the version of the augeas packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-2788 advisory.

    [1.4.0-2.el7_4.1]
    - Fix CVE-2017-7555, improper handling of escaped strings (RHBZ#1481545)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2788 advisory.

    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).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update for augeas is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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).

New upstream version 1.8.1. Fixes CVE-2017-7555 (RHBZ#1482340).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Augeas is 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.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.0-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your augeas packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3400-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Augeas incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could use this issue to     cause Augeas to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Han Han of Red Hat discovered that augeas, a configuration editing tool, improperly handled some escaped strings. A remote attacker could leverage this flaw by sending maliciously crafted strings, thus causing an augeas-enabled application to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199206	RHEL 6 : augeas (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
144734	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : augeas (EulerOS-SA-2021-1042)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
127720	RHEL 7 : augeas (RHSA-2019:2403)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
124878	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : augeas (EulerOS-SA-2019-1375)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
107291	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : augeas (SUSE-SU-2018:0653-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
107290	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : augeas (SUSE-SU-2018:0652-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
107289	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : augeas (SUSE-SU-2018:0650-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
107286	openSUSE Security Update : augeas (openSUSE-2018-247)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
103942	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : augeas (EulerOS-SA-2017-1251)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
103941	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : augeas (EulerOS-SA-2017-1250)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
103488	Oracle Linux 7 : augeas (ELSA-2017-2788)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
103409	Scientific Linux Security Update : augeas on SL7.x x86_64 (20170921)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
103405	RHEL 7 : augeas (RHSA-2017:2788)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
103384	CentOS 7 : augeas (CESA-2017:2788)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
103199	Fedora 25 : augeas (2017-7dacb3c21c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
102795	Fedora 26 : augeas (2017-8bd521abc9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
102787	Debian DLA-1067-1 : augeas security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
102681	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Augeas vulnerability (USN-3400-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
102629	Debian DSA-3949-1 : augeas - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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