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CVE-2010-2242

Published: Aug 19, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

libvirt libvirt

On-prem

Cloud & SaaS / virtualization

libvirtoss-projectCloud & SaaS

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://libvirt.org/news.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044520.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044579.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

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Timeline

Published

Aug 19, 2010

Last Updated

Apr 29, 2026

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