CVE-2011-2178
EPSS 0.08%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-2178
To remediate CVE-2011-2178, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libvirt—upgrade to 0.9.1-2 or later
Is CVE-2011-2178 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.9.1-2