DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0036

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0036

    Published: 11 Feb 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-0036

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0036

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.1-7

    Affected versions

    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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