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GSD-2017-7555

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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.
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