Path traversal in Augeas - CVE-2012-6607
Published: November 23, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42316
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Augeas
Augeas
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6607
Install update from vendor's website.