Information Exposure Affecting libguestfs-devel package, versions <1:1.7.17-17.el6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBGUESTFSDEVEL-2460247
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Nov 2010

Introduced: 4 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-3851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 libguestfs-devel to version 1:1.7.17-17.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-0586.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libguestfs-devel package and not the libguestfs-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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