CVE-2013-6412

Public on 2014-01-23
Modified on 2014-09-16
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 augeas 2014-02-03 ALAS-2014-286 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.6 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2013-6412 Mitre: CVE-2013-6412