RHSA-2009:0382Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: libvirt security update

Published
March 19, 2009
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2008-5086 →CVE-2009-0036 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-5086 — libvirt: missing checks for read-only connection CVE-2009-0036 — libvirt: libvirt_proxy buffer overflow

🎯 Affected products24

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-devel-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • libvirt-python-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (5)