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TI-2010-02132 Aliases CVE-2010-2223GHSA-q8g8-jjw3-wwpx

Virtual Desktop Server Manager (VDSM) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor…

Priority LOW 11CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Virtual Desktop Server Manager (VDSM) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H or rhev-hypervisor) before 5.5-2.2 does not properly perform VM post-zeroing after the removal of a virtual machine's data, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information by examining the disk blocks associated with a deleted virtual machine.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00374 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.4-2.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.4-2.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2010:0476 Released 2010-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    rhev-hypervisor security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5 rhev-hypervisor-5.5-2.2.4.2.el5rhev, rhev-hypervisor-pxe-5.5-2.2.4.2.el5rhev
  • RHSA-2010:0473 Released 2010-06-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    vdsm security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • RHEV Agents (VDSM) vdsm22-4.5-62.el5rhev, vdsm22-cli-4.5-62.el5rhev

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEV Agents (VDSM)Fixed RHSA-2010:0473
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5Fixed RHSA-2010:0476

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-2223
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8g8-jjw3-wwpx

References

Patch 2

Other 1

  • TI-2012-00812 PyXML: Hash table collisions CPU usage Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-04365 Missing authentication in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-00408 libspice, as used in QEMU-KVM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2011-01395 The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.7

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