Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201775550000000
Revision Date:2017-08-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-7555 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7555
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND augeas package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1').
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