Out-of-Bounds Affecting libvirt-python package, versions <0:0.3.3-14.0.1.el5_3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-LIBVIRTPYTHON-2450165
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Feb 2009

Introduced: 11 Feb 2009

CVE-2009-0036  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 libvirt-python to version 0:0.3.3-14.0.1.el5_3.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2009-0382.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-python package and not the libvirt-python package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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