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CVE-2012-0787

Public on 2013-11-23
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description

The clone_file function in transfer.c in Augeas before 1.0.0, when copy_if_rename_fails is set and EXDEV or EBUSY is returned by the rename function, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a bind mount on the (1) .augsave or (2) destination file when using the backup save option, or (3) .augnew file when using the newfile save option.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 augeas 2013-12-02 20:28 ALAS-2013-250

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.6 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P