CVE-2009-0036
EPSS 0.27%
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 CVE-2009-0036
To remediate CVE-2009-0036, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libvirt—upgrade to 0.5.1-7 or later
Is CVE-2009-0036 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.5.1-7