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ELSA-2013-1537 Low: Oracle Linux augeas security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2013-1537 Low: Oracle Linux augeas security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/27/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-augeas
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-augeas-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-augeas-libs

References

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