Description
libguestfs before 1.5.23, as used in virt-v2v, virt-inspector 1.5.3 and earlier, and possibly other products, when a raw-format disk image is used, allows local guest OS administrators to read files from the host via a crafted (1) qcow2, (2) VMDK, or (3) VDI header, related to lack of support for a disk format specifier.
Published: 2010-11-04
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3830 libguestfs before 1.5.23, as used in virt-v2v, virt-inspector 1.5.3 and earlier, and possibly other products, when a raw-format disk image is used, allows local guest OS administrators to read files from the host via a crafted (1) qcow2, (2) VMDK, or (3) VDI header, related to lack of support for a disk format specifier.
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Libguestfs Libguestfs
Matthew Booth Virt-v2v
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Richard Jones Virt-inspector
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:26:11.393Z

Reserved: 2010-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3851

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-04T18:00:02.767

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3851

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-3851 - Bugzilla

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