Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt package, versions <4.0.0-1ubuntu8.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.86% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBVIRT-351267
  • published28 Mar 2018
  • disclosed28 Mar 2018

Introduced: 28 Mar 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libvirt to version 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.