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.
Published: 2009-02-11
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0047 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.
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Libvirt Libvirt
Redhat Rhel Virtualization
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.440Z

Reserved: 2008-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0036

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-11T20:30:00.360

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0036

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-01-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0036 - Bugzilla

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