PT-2013-2045 · None · Augeas

Vincent Danen · Published 2013-11-23 · Updated 2014-01-24 · CVE-2012-6607

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Augeas versions prior to 1.0.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augsave file in a backup save action. This occurs due to a problem in the transform save function in transform.c.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.0, update to version 1.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the transform save function in transform.c to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6607

Affected Products

Augeas

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6607 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55811 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6607 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6607 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6607 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257 · Note
• http://augeas.net/news.html · Note