Buffer overflow in Libvirt
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.012 (64.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Libvirt — versions 0.5.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)