NVD - CVE-2013-4419

CVE-2013-4419 Detail

Current 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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 11/05/2013
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.2

Access Vector (AV): Local_Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00001.html	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1536.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960	Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html	Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 1/14/2015 12:25:01 PM

Action

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New Value

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CPE Configuration

Record truncated, showing 500 of 1596 characters. View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libgues

Record truncated, showing 500 of 1596 characters. View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.22.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:libgues

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4419
NVD Published Date:
11/05/2013
NVD Last Modified:
01/14/2015

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