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CVE-2012-0787 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://augeas.net/news.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772261	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/55811	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/b8de6a8c	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://augeas.net/news.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772261	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/55811	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/b8de6a8c	[email protected]	ExploitPatch

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat enterprise linux	6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
augeas augeas	<= 0.10.0 0.0.1 0.0.2 0.0.3 0.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]