CVE-2013-4419
EPSS 0.08%
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.
How to fix CVE-2013-4419
To remediate CVE-2013-4419, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libguestfs—upgrade to 1:1.22.7-1 or later
Is CVE-2013-4419 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:1.22.7-1