CVE-2010-2239

Description

Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.0 through 0.8.2, creates new images without setting the user-defined backing-store format, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

Category

4.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory libvirt.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2062 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044520.html vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-2 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044579.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607812
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0615.html vendor advisory
http://libvirt.org/news.html vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-3 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2763 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2239?
CVE-2010-2239 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2239?
To fix CVE-2010-2239, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2239 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-2239 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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