CVE-2009-0036
N/A
Published: February 11, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibvirt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Buffer overflow in the proxyReadClientSocket function in proxy/libvirt_proxy.c in libvirt_proxy 0.5.1 might allow local users to gain privileges by sending a portion of the header of a virProxyPacket packet, and then sending the remainder of the packet with crafted values in the header, related to use of uninitialized memory in a validation check.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10127Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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