CVE-2009-0036

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    CVE-2009-0036

    Published: 11 Feb 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34397, 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, 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, http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10127

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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