CVE-2013-4419

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    CVE-2013-4419

    Published: 5 Nov 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00001.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1536.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/55813, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960, https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00001.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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