CVE-2011-2178
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 20.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-08-10 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 32ddd4bca34af280070cd4909618dca4e2b47e82e815b7366bdad7173bf6553d
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709775
- libvirt.orghttp://libvirt.org/news.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709769
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:0643http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-06/msg00030.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-9091http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062515.html
- www.redhat.com[libvirt] 20110531 [PATCH] security: plug regression introduced in disk probe logichttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-May/msg01935.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1152-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1152-1
- people.canonical.comhttp://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2178.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libvirt Fixed in 0.9.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libvirt Fixed in 0.9.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libvirt Fixed in 0.9.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.