National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2690

Overview

virt-edit in libguestfs before 1.18.0 does not preserve the permissions from the original file and saves the new file with world-readable permissions when editing, which might allow local guest users to obtain sensitive information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MLIST

Name: [Libguestfs] 20120521 [ANNOUNCE] libguestfs 1.18 released - tools for managing virtual machines and disk images

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2012-May/msg00104.html

External Source: XF

Name: libguestfs-virtedit-info-disc(76220)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76220

External Source: BID

Name: 53932

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53932

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49545

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49545

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49431

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49431

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0774

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html