CVE-2012-0786 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

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 .augnew file.

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 .augnew file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Augeas

First reported 11 years ago

2013-11-23 18:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2014-01-24 04:24:00

Affected Software

Augeas 0.0.1

0.0.1

Augeas 0.0.2

0.0.2

Augeas 0.0.3

0.0.3

Augeas 0.0.4

0.0.4

Augeas 0.0.5

0.0.5

Augeas 0.0.6

0.0.6

Augeas 0.0.7

0.0.7

Augeas 0.0.8

0.0.8

Augeas 0.1.0

0.1.0

Augeas 0.1.1

0.1.1

Augeas 0.2.0

0.2.0

Augeas 0.2.1

0.2.1

Augeas 0.2.2

0.2.2

Augeas 0.3.0

0.3.0

Augeas 0.3.1

0.3.1

Augeas 0.3.2

0.3.2

Augeas 0.3.3

0.3.3

Augeas 0.3.4

0.3.4

Augeas 0.3.5

0.3.5

Augeas 0.3.6

0.3.6

Augeas 0.4.0

0.4.0

Augeas 0.4.1

0.4.1

Augeas 0.4.2

0.4.2

Augeas 0.5.0

0.5.0

Augeas 0.5.1

0.5.1

Augeas 0.5.2

0.5.2

Augeas 0.5.3

0.5.3

Augeas 0.6.0

0.6.0

Augeas 0.7.0

0.7.0

Augeas 0.7.1

0.7.1

Augeas 0.7.2

0.7.2

Augeas 0.7.3

0.7.3

Augeas 0.7.4

0.7.4

Augeas 0.8.0

0.8.0

Augeas 0.8.1

0.8.1

Augeas 0.9.0

0.9.0

References

http://augeas.net/news.html

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2013:1537

55811

Vendor Advisory

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

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

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