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.
Published: 2013-11-05
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4296 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.
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Libguestfs Libguestfs
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.194Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4419

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-05T20:55:29.397

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4419

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4419 - Bugzilla

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