CVE-2010-2242

N/A Unknown
Published: August 19, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Red Hat libvirt 0.2.0 through 0.8.2 creates iptables rules with improper mappings of privileged source ports, which allows guest OS users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging IP address and source-port values, as demonstrated by copying and deleting an NFS directory tree.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://libvirt.org/news.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2062
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://libvirt.org/news.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0615.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2062
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2763
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/591943
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602455
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
34th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

libvirt