CVE-2013-4419

CVE Details

Release Date:

2013-10-17

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-535082/ 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-535082/ in advance.

See more information about CVE-2013-4419 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (libguestfs)	ELSA-2013-1536	2013-11-26

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