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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2672 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:42:32.302Z

Reserved: 2012-05-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-2690

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-06-29T19:55:04.000

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2690

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2690 - Bugzilla

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