Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt-python package, versions <0:0.10.2-64.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.65% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBVIRTPYTHON-2151382
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Jan 2018

Introduced: 16 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5748  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 libvirt-python to version 0:0.10.2-64.el6 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

qemu/qemu_monitor.c in libvirt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large QEMU reply.