CVE-2013-4400 (GCVE-0-2013-4400)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-09 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Date Public
2013-10-21 00:00
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