Unscored severity · published Nov 5, 2013
CVE-2013-4419
The guestfish command in libguestfs 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, when using the --remote or --listen option, does not properly check the ownership of /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ when…
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CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The guestfish command in libguestfs 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, when using the --remote or --listen option, does not properly check the ownership of /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ when creating a temporary socket file in this directory, which allows local users to write to the socket and execute arbitrary commands by creating /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ in advance.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libguestfs · Libguestfs
1.20.0 through 1.20.12; 1.22.0 through 1.22.7 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
11.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4419
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4419
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1536.html
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55813
Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html
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