CVE-2009-0036
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 4.4 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2009-02-11
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
References
- http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10127
- 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
