DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2178

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2178

    Published: 10 Aug 2011Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-2178

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2178

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.1-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High