# CVE-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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-12-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2f27e13b94f7302ad948bcacb5e02c859a25fc
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7fcc799ad5d8f3e55b89b94e599903e3c092467
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c3586ea755c40d5e01b22cb7b5c1e668cdec994
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121370.html

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