CVE-2010-2238
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CVE-2010-2238 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.7.2 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.7.3 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.7.4 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.7.5 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.7.6 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.7.7 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.8.0 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.8.1 |
| Libvirt | Libvirt | 0.8.2 |
References
- http://libvirt.org/news.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://libvirt.org/news.htmlVendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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