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Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3400-1 Moderate: Augeas Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover the details of Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3401-1 which addresses the security flaw in Augeas leading to a potential crash, along with essential patches.
Augeas could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Augeas could be made to crash if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- augeas: Configuration editing tool

Details:

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu augeas

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
  augeas-tools                    1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1
  libaugeas0                      1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  augeas-tools                    1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
  libaugeas0                      1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  augeas-tools                    1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3
  libaugeas0                      1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3400-1

  CVE-2017-7555

August 21, 2017

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu augeas

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/augeas/1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/augeas/1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/augeas/1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3

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