CVE-2012-2690 Information disclosure in n/a
Low 2.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2690 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-2690 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jun 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2690/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2690/index.md)
Local guest users can read sensitive information because virt-edit saves edited files with world-readable permissions instead of preserving original restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2690?
CVE-2012-2690 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jun 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2690?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-java Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-java-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-tools-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ocaml-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ocaml-libguestfs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
perl-Sys-Guestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
python-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ruby-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-java Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-java-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-tools-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ocaml-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ocaml-libguestfs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
perl-Sys-Guestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
python-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ruby-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-java Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-java-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs-tools-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ocaml-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ocaml-libguestfs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
perl-Sys-Guestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
python-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
ruby-libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
libguestfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.16.19-1.el6 |
Products include Libguestfs Libguestfs.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2690?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-2690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2690, GHSA-p84q-fgj5-q47p, RHSA-2012:0774.