CVE-2012-6607

Description

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

https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257

http://secunia.com/advisories/55811

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html

http://augeas.net/news.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3