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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2690

Published: Jun 29, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
1.2 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2690
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/255.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibguestfsLibguestfs*1.17.43 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.0 (including)1.16.0 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.1 (including)1.16.1 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.2 (including)1.16.2 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.3 (including)1.16.3 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.4 (including)1.16.4 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.5 (including)1.16.5 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.6 (including)1.16.6 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.7 (including)1.16.7 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.8 (including)1.16.8 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.9 (including)1.16.9 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.10 (including)1.16.10 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.11 (including)1.16.11 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.12 (including)1.16.12 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.13 (including)1.16.13 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.14 (including)1.16.14 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.15 (including)1.16.15 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.16 (including)1.16.16 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.17 (including)1.16.17 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.18 (including)1.16.18 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.19 (including)1.16.19 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.20 (including)1.16.20 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.21 (including)1.16.21 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.22 (including)1.16.22 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.23 (including)1.16.23 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.24 (including)1.16.24 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.25 (including)1.16.25 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.16.26 (including)1.16.26 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.0 (including)1.17.0 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.1 (including)1.17.1 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.2 (including)1.17.2 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.3 (including)1.17.3 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.4 (including)1.17.4 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.5 (including)1.17.5 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.6 (including)1.17.6 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.7 (including)1.17.7 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.8 (including)1.17.8 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.9 (including)1.17.9 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.10 (including)1.17.10 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.11 (including)1.17.11 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.12 (including)1.17.12 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.13 (including)1.17.13 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.14 (including)1.17.14 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.15 (including)1.17.15 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.16 (including)1.17.16 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.17 (including)1.17.17 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.18 (including)1.17.18 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.19 (including)1.17.19 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.20 (including)1.17.20 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.21 (including)1.17.21 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.22 (including)1.17.22 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.23 (including)1.17.23 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.24 (including)1.17.24 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.25 (including)1.17.25 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.26 (including)1.17.26 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.27 (including)1.17.27 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.28 (including)1.17.28 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.29 (including)1.17.29 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.30 (including)1.17.30 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.31 (including)1.17.31 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.32 (including)1.17.32 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.33 (including)1.17.33 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.34 (including)1.17.34 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.35 (including)1.17.35 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.36 (including)1.17.36 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.37 (including)1.17.37 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.38 (including)1.17.38 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.39 (including)1.17.39 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.40 (including)1.17.40 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.41 (including)1.17.41 (including)
LibguestfsLibguestfs1.17.42 (including)1.17.42 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibguestfs-1:1.16.19-1.el6*
LibguestfsUbuntuprecise*
LibguestfsUbuntuupstream*

References

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