CVE-2012-0787

Advisory

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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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0787
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772261
• http://augeas.net/news.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55811
• https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/b8de6a8c
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html