SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4419

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…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 0.75%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
0.75% probability · 53th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
libguestfs/libguestfs · suse/suse linux enterprise software development kit · novell/suse linux enterprise server
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.