Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt-login-shell package, versions <0:3.9.0-14.el7_5.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.86% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBVIRTLOGINSHELL-2103936
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Mar 2018

Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1064  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libvirt-login-shell to version 0:3.9.0-14.el7_5.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-login-shell package and not the libvirt-login-shell package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvirt version before 4.2.0-rc1 is vulnerable to a resource exhaustion as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 that affects QEMU monitor but now also triggered via QEMU guest agent.