Symlink Attack Affecting hercules-team/augeas package, versions [,1.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HERCULESTEAMAUGEAS-2365910
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Nov 2013

CVE-2012-0786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hercules-team/augeas to version 1.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1