Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package, versions <0:3.9.0-14.el7_5.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.65% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERQEMU-2523342
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Jan 2018

Introduced: 25 Jan 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu to version 0:3.9.0-14.el7_5.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-1396.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.