CVE-2013-4400
published 2013-12-09CVE-2013-4400: virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment…
PriorityP431high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
0.35%
27.4th percentile
virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | libvirt | < libvirt 1.1.4-1 (bookworm) | libvirt 1.1.4-1 (bookworm) |
| redhat | libvirt | — | — |
| redhat | libvirt | — | — |
| redhat | libvirt | >= 0 < 1.1.4-1 | 1.1.4-1 |
| redhat | libvirt | >= 0 < 1.1.4-1 | 1.1.4-1 |
| redhat | libvirt | >= 0 < 1.1.4-1 | 1.1.4-1 |
| redhat | libvirt | >= 0 < 1.1.4-1 | 1.1.4-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.2HIGH
vendor_debian7.2HIGH
vendor_redhat7.2HIGH
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Red Hat
libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability
vendor_redhat·2013-10-21·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-4400 [HIGH] libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability
libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability
virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.
Statement: Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Package: libvirt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: libvirt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2013-4400: libvirt - virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite ...
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-4400 [HIGH] CVE-2013-4400: libvirt - virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite ...
virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.1.4-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.1.4-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.1.4-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.1.4-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.1.4-1)
GHSA
GHSA-362v-94q6-5qwm: virt-login-shell in libvirt 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2013-4400 [HIGH] GHSA-362v-94q6-5qwm: virt-login-shell in libvirt 1
virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.
OSV
CVE-2013-4400: virt-login-shell in libvirt 1
osv·2013-12-09·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-4400 [HIGH] CVE-2013-4400: virt-login-shell in libvirt 1
virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2013-11-01·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-4400 [HIGH] CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability [fedora-all]
CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability
bugzilla·2013-10-03·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2013-4400 [HIGH] CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability
CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability
It was reported that virt-login-shell, an suid-root program, did not sanitize its environment variables or command-line interface arguments properly. This could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files as root and elevate their privileges.
This vulnerability was introduced in libvirt 1.1.2.
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank Sebastian Krahmer of the SUSE Security Team for reporting this issue.
Discussion:
Statement:
Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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Upstream commits:
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=8c3586ea755c40d5e01b22cb7b5c1e668cdec994
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2f27e13b94f7302ad948bcacb5e02c859a25fchttp://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c3586ea755c40d5e01b22cb7b5c1e668cdec994http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7fcc799ad5d8f3e55b89b94e599903e3c092467http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121370.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/60895http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xmlhttp://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releaseshttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2f27e13b94f7302ad948bcacb5e02c859a25fchttp://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c3586ea755c40d5e01b22cb7b5c1e668cdec994http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7fcc799ad5d8f3e55b89b94e599903e3c092467http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121370.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/60895http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xmlhttp://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releaseshttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228
2013-12-09
Published