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-$UID/ when creating a temporary socket file in this directory, which allows local users to write to the socket and execute arbitrary commands by creating /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ in advance.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.2 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1536.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55813	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp3::::::

Information

Published : 2013-11-05 12:55

Updated : 2018-12-13 09:57

NVD link : CVE-2013-4419

Mitre link : CVE-2013-4419

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

suse

suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

novell

suse_linux_enterprise_server

libguestfs

libguestfs

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