CVE-2011-2178

Published Aug 10, 2011

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.4
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 2.7
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F9D67FBC-4009-4FC1-B0CF-AA3C1505C2F4"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E2059834-5A26-4DB9-B400-DBBE15690AAB"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F2F6277D-6732-44BA-91B4-D57877E011BD"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

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