CVE-2009-0036

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-01-27
Bugzilla:
484947: CVE-2009-0036 libvirt: libvirt_proxy buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0036 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (libvirt) RHSA-2009:0382 2009-03-19

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