CVE-2010-2242

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2242
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-19 18:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRed 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.2.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.2.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.2.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.2.3 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.3 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.3 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.4 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.6 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.5.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.5.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.6.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.6.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.6.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.6.3 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.6.4 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.6.5 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.3 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.4 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.5 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.6 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.7.7 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.8.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.8.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.8.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #591943 “improperly mapped source privileged ports may allow...” : Bugs : “libvirt” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
USN-1008-2: Virtinst update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-1008-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: libvirt-0.8.2-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: libvirt-0.8.2-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-1008-3: libvirt update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
libvirt: Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org Vendor Advisory
Bug 602455 – CVE-2010-2242 libvirt: improperly mapped source privileged ports may allow for obtaining privileged resources on the host af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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