CVE-2009-0036 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=2bb0657e28 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8 http://secunia.com/advisories/34397 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10127 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html