Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8/0.9.0/0.9.1 virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData wrong information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8/0.9.0/0.9.1 (Virtualization Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData. The manipulation of the argument wrong with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 08/10/2011 by Eric Blake (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2178. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75929 (openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2011:0643-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68076) and Tenable (75929). Similar entry is available at 58226.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Nessus ID: 75929
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2011:0643-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 863350
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for libvirt FEDORA-2011-9091
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: USN-1152-1
Researcher: Eric Blake
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2178 (🔍)
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X-Force: 68076
Vulnerability Center: 31952 - Libvirt 0.8.1, 0.8.2, and 0.8.8 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 48321 - libvirt Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/17/2021 12:39
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 03/24/2017 12:12 (10), 11/17/2021 12:31 (5), 11/17/2021 12:39 (1)
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