CVE-2013-4367 Misconfiguration in ovirt-engine

High 7.8 Published Updated

oVirt Engine creates world-writable files due to a kernel interaction, allowing local attackers to modify data or escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-4367?

CVE-2013-4367 is a high-severity vulnerability in ovirt-engine, published on 1 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ovirt-engine 3.2 running on Linux kernel 3.1 and newer creates certain files world-writeable due to an upstream kernel change which impacted how python's os.chmod() works when passed a mode of '-1'.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4367?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ovirt Ovirt-Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4367?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4367 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2013-4367 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7rjr-g954-m9f4.

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