Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0306 (augeas)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0306: Updated augeas packages fix security vulnerability 
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:19:07 +0200
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MGASA-2017-0306 - Updated augeas packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 24 Aug 2017
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0306.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5, 6
CVE: CVE-2017-7555

Description:
A vulnerability was discovered in augeas affecting the handling of
escaped strings.  An 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 (CVE-2017-7555).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21549
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/3
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7555

SRPMS:
- 5/core/augeas-1.2.0-3.1.mga5
- 6/core/augeas-1.8.0-1.1.mga6