CVE-2012-6607

The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.

🔗 References (10)

• cve@mitrehttp://augeas.net/news.html
• cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/55811
• cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
• cve@mitrehttps://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://augeas.net/news.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/55811
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744