Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in libvirt - CVE-2013-4291

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in libvirt - CVE-2013-4291

Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32592
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4291
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: libvirt.org
Affected software:
libvirt

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The virSecurityManagerSetProcessLabel function in libvirt 0.10.2.7, 1.0.5.5, and 1.1.1, when the domain has read an uid:gid label, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4291

Install update from vendor's website.

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