CVE-2013-4419 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-4419

The guestfish command in libguestfs 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, when...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libguestfs, suse linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
1.20.0, 1.22.0, 11.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 5th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.