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Debian: DSA-3949-1 Critical: Augeas Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2017
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Important patch for Augeas impacts various Debian editions, mitigating potential remote exploitation threats.
Han Han of Red Hat discovered that augeas, a configuration editing tool, improperly handled some escaped strings
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Summary

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.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: augeas
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7555

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