SUSE-SU-2018:0385-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0385-1

    Published: 7 Feb 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5748
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-5748

    Summary: Security update for libvirt

    Details: This update for libvirt provides several fixes. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-5748: Prevent resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead() method which allowed to cause DoS (bsc#1076500). These security issues were fixed: - Add a qemu hook script providing functionality similar to Xen's block-dmmd script. (fate#324177) - schema: Make disk driver name attribute optional. (bsc#1073973) - virt-create-rootfs: Handle all SLE 12 versions. (bsc#1072887) - libvirt-guests: Fix the 'stop' operation when action is 'suspend'. (bsc#1070130)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180385-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070130, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1072887, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1073973, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076500, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5748

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0-27.29.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High