CVE-2013-6412

Publication date 23 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas 1.0.0 through 1.1.0 does not properly calculate the permission values when the umask contains a "7," which causes world-writable permissions to be used for new files and allows local users to modify the files via unspecified vectors.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
augeas	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0786.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
augeas	Other: f4f9fa6