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.
CVE-2013-4419 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from libguestfs, from suse, from novell organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-11-05T20:55:29.397
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.2
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | libguestfs | libguestfs | ≤ 1.20.12 | Yes |
| Application | libguestfs | libguestfs | ≤ 1.22.7 | Yes |
| Application | suse | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | Yes |
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