CVE-2010-2238

libvirt: ignoring defined disk backing store format when recursing into disk image backing stores

Published Aug 19, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, recurses into disk-image backing stores without extracting the defined disk backing-store format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2250 Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, recurses into disk-image backing stores without extracting the defined disk backing-store format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1008-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:25 AM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 19, 2010, 6:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:20 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 12, 2010, 12:00 AM