CVE-2012-2690

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-02-08
Bugzilla:
831117: CVE-2012-2690 libguestfs: virt-edit creates a new file, when it is used leading to loss of file attributes (permissions, owner, SELinux context etc.)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2690 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libguestfs) RHSA-2012:0774 2012-06-19

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