Multiple vulnerabilities in Augeas

Published: 2013-11-23 | Updated: 2020-08-10

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2012-6607 CVE-2012-0786
CWE-ID	CWE-22 CWE-59
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Augeas Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU42316

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6607

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Augeas: 0.0.1 - 0.9.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://augeas.net/news.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/55811
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Link following

EUVDB-ID: #VU42328