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libvirt — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237

Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.

Products
libvirt
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.8.3-1
CVEs
CVE-2010-2237
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2010, 18:00 UTC

Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237

libvirt

Fixed versions: 0.8.3-1

libvirt

Fixed versions: 0.8.3-1

libvirt

Fixed versions: 0.8.3-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "106c38b382ed7f5a8f4a5fb8792e452a8bc36c5e907b0618504aabc808eaf5f6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237",
    "summary": "Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.8.3-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.8.3-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "0.8.3-1",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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      "affected": [
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237.json"
          },
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          }
        },
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=trixie",
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          },
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          },
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          }
        },
        {
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libvirt",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=forky",
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          },
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:36.855286677Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2010-2237"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2237"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2010-2237",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417933,
  "published_at": "2010-08-19T18:00:03.327+00:00"
}