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title: "CVE-2013-4400\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4400

Publication date 9 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4400?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libvirt | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

introduced in 1.1.2

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4400)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4400)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4400)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4400)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228#c3>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4400>