CVE-2012-6607

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 .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.

Red Hat believes that the flaw described by this CVE never affected augeas and therefore we consider this CVE assignment as invalid. For further details, refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034243#c1

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