CVE-2012-0787

The clonefile function in transfer.c in Augeas before 1.0.0, when copyifrenamefails 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / augeas

Package

Name: augeas
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/augeas?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / augeas

Package

Name: augeas
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/augeas?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / augeas

Package

Name: augeas
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/augeas?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}