{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:27Z",
  "published": "2011-08-10T20:55:01Z",
  "id": "CVE-2011-2178",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1152-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709769"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-May/msg01935.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709775"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://libvirt.org/news.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062515.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-06/msg00030.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2178.html"
    }
  ]
}