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CVE-2009-0036
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.4/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1
- http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28