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ELSA-2012-0774 Low: Oracle Linux libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2012-0774 Low: Oracle Linux libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/02/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/17/2012
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-java
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-java-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-javadoc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-tools-c
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-libguestfs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perl-sys-guestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-libguestfs

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