CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-0036

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libvirtDebian
Fixed in:0.5.1-7CVE-2009-0036
Fixed in:0.5.1-7CVE-2009-0036
Fixed in:0.5.1-7CVE-2009-0036
Fixed in:0.5.1-7CVE-2009-0036

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days
64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

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