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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-02-11 20:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 77bd68b18be08a8fede66df19fe0668fdf1ef6ae3be24aa74d0bf0dac3191c1e
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10127https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10127
- www.redhat.com[libvir-list] 20090128 Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memoryhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html
- www.redhat.com[libvir-list] 20090128 Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memoryhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html
- www.securityfocus.com33724http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724
- www.redhat.com[libvir-list] 20090127 [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memoryhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0382http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- git.et.redhat.comhttp://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090210 libvirt_proxy heads uphttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8
- secunia.com34397http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libvirt Fixed in 0.5.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libvirt Fixed in 0.5.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libvirt Fixed in 0.5.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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