Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.65% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBVIRT-351243
  • published25 Jan 2018
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:12.04 libvirt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 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.