PT-2009-2746 · Libvirt+1 · Libvirt Proxy+1

Josh Bressers · Published 2009-02-11 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2009-0036

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libvirt proxy version 0.5.1

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the proxyReadClientSocket function, potentially allowing local users to gain privileges. This is related to the use of uninitialized memory in a validation check, which can be exploited 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.

Recommendations For libvirt proxy version 0.5.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0036

RHSA-2009:0382

RHSA-2009_0382

Affected Products

Red Hat

Libvirt Proxy

References · 19

• 🔥 https://redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=2bb0657e28 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/8534 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0036 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0036 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0382 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33724 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0036 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5086 · Note