CVE-2012-2690 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html http://secunia.com/advisories/49431 http://secunia.com/advisories/49545 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53932 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76220 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2012-May/msg00104.html