CVE-2009-0036

Published Feb 11, 2009

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.4
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E4BA9E6F-7F06-4341-928A-5CE6C5EAAA7A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References