CVE-2011-2178

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.4/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 10, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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