libvirt 'qemu/qemu_monitor.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	102825
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2018-5748
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Jan 16 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 16 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	Daniel P. Berrange and Peter Krempa
Vulnerable:	libvirt libvirt 0
Not Vulnerable:

libvirt 'qemu/qemu_monitor.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

libvirt is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to cause excessive memory consumption resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

libvirt 'qemu/qemu_monitor.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

libvirt 'qemu/qemu_monitor.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

libvirt 'qemu/qemu_monitor.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• [libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: avoid denial of service reading from QEMU monitor (CVE-2 (Redhat)
  
• Bug 1528396 - (CVE-2018-5748) CVE-2018-5748 Libvirt: resource exhaustion via qem (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2018-5748 (Redhat)
  
• libvirt Homepage (libvirt )
  
• Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: avoid denial of service reading from QEMU monitor (C (Red Hat)