CVE-2012-0787

Published: Nov 23, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

3.7LOW

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:HAccess Complexity

High

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

enterprise linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

augeas

oss-project

augeasLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/55811

secunia.com

http://augeas.net/news.html

augeas.net

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772261

bugzilla.redhat.com

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