Vulnerability CVE-2009-0036
Published: 2009-02-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Libvirt -> Libvirt 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10127
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8
http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=2bb0657e28
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