CVE-2012-0787 Information

Description

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.

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=772261 https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/b8de6a8c