Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libguestfs package, versions <1:1.22.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBGUESTFS-369279
  • published5 Nov 2013
  • disclosed5 Nov 2013

Introduced: 5 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-4419  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 libguestfs to version 1:1.22.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libguestfs package and not the libguestfs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1