CVE-2012-0786 Information

Description

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 .augnew file.

Reference

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