CVE-2009-0036

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0036
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-11 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support | Red Hat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for libvirt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libvirt 'libvirt_proxy.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - libvirt_proxy heads up af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
git.et.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.et.redhat.com
Bug 484947 – CVE-2009-0036 libvirt: libvirt_proxy buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CONFIRM:http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=2bb0657e28 MITRE git.et.redhat.com
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