CVE-2013-4419

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4419
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-05 20:55:29 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libguestfs Libguestfs All All All All
Application Libguestfs Libguestfs All All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp3 All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[Libguestfs] ANNOUNCE: CVE-2013-4419: insecure temporary directory handl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1626-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA55813 - Red Hat update for libguestfs - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1016960 – CVE-2013-4419 libguestfs: insecure temporary directory handling for guestfish's network socket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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