UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6412

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6412
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6412.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6412
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:56Z
Published
2014-01-23T00:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:28.674714Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / augeas

Package

Name
augeas
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/augeas@1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-0ubuntu2
1.1.0-0ubuntu3
1.1.0-0ubuntu4
1.2.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-lenses"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libaugeas-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libaugeas0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / augeas

Package

Name
augeas
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/augeas@1.3.0-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-lenses"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "augeas-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libaugeas-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libaugeas0"
        }
    ]
}