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CVE-2011-2178
The virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData function in security/security_manager.c in libvirt 0.8.8 through 0.9.1 uses the wrong argument for a…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.28%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (8)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709775 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://libvirt.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709769 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0643 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-9091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [libvirt] 20110531 [PATCH] security: plug regression introduced in disk probe logic (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1152-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2178.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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