Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2178
CVE-2011-2178
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.
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References
8- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-May/msg01935.htmlnvdPatch
- libvirt.org/news.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062515.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-06/msg00030.htmlnvd
- people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2178.htmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1152-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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