CVE-2013-4291

medium
Published 2013-09-30 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.1.2-2
sid Fixed 1.1.2-2
forky Fixed 1.1.2-2
bullseye Fixed 1.1.2-2
bookworm Fixed 1.1.2-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhat redhatlibvirt0.10.2.7
redhat redhatlibvirt1.0.5.5
redhat redhatlibvirt1.1.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.