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title: "CVE-2012-6607\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-6607

Publication date 23 November 2013

Last updated 16 September 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| augeas | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6607?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| augeas | * Upstream:   [1638774](https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744) * Upstream:   [1a66739](https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/1a66739c) * Upstream:   [051c73a](https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/051c73a9) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6607)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6607)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-6607)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6607)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/55811>
* <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html>
* <http://augeas.net/news.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6607>