Vulnerability CVE-2018-5748
Published: 2018-01-25

Description:
qemu/qemu_monitor.c in libvirt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large QEMU reply.

Type:

CWE-400

 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Libvirt 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Redhat -> Virtualization 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102825
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1396
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1929
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00018.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4137
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-January/msg00527.html
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