Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt package, versions <4.1.0-1
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- published7 Aug 2026
- disclosed28 Mar 2018
Introduced: 28 Mar 2018
CVE-2018-1064 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest libvirt to version 4.1.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-1064
- https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=fbf31e1a4cd19d6f6e33e0937a009775cd7d9513
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1396
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1929
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550672
- https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fbf31e1a4cd19d6f6e33e0937a009775cd7d9513
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3680-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4137