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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…
Medium4.4EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10127 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [libvir-list] 20090128 Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [libvir-list] 20090128 Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 33724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [libvir-list] 20090127 [libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090210 libvirt_proxy heads up (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
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