VDB
GHSA-r8xf-5287-837j
GHSA-r8xf-5287-837j
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (4 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1064 advisory
- https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=fbf31e1a4cd19d6f6e33e0937a009775cd7d9513 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1396 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1929 advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3680-1 advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4137 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00018.html advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550672 url