CVE-2010-3851

Description

libguestfs before 1.5.23, as used in virt-v2v, virt-inspector 1.5.3 and earlier, and possibly other products, when a raw-format disk image is used, allows local guest OS administrators to read files from the host via a crafted (1) qcow2, (2) VMDK, or (3) VDI header, related to lack of support for a disk format specifier.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00041.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00037.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00036.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643958

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2963

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2874

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44166

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0586.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/42235

http://secunia.com/advisories/41797

http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/new-libguestfs-stable-versions/

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050742.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050237.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3