CVE-2009-0036

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.

Date published : 2009-02-11

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724

http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=2bb0657e28