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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3949-1 (augeas - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
augeas on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0-0.2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.0-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your augeas packages.