Description
The virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData function in security/security_manager.c in libvirt 0.8.8 through 0.9.1 uses the wrong argument for a sizeof call, which causes incorrect processing of "security manager private data" that "reopens disk probing" and might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2238 regression.
Published: 2011-08-10
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2170 The virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData function in security/security_manager.c in libvirt 0.8.8 through 0.9.1 uses the wrong argument for a sizeof call, which causes incorrect processing of "security manager private data" that "reopens disk probing" and might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2238 regression.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1152-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:53:17.069Z

Reserved: 2011-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2178

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-08-10T20:55:01.390

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

Link: CVE-2011-2178

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2178 - Bugzilla

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