UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5748

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5748

    Published: 25 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5748
    Aliases:
    USN-3576-1

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5748, https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2017-December/msg00749.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3576-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5748

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.26

    Affected versions

    1.1.1-0ubuntu8
    1.1.1-0ubuntu9
    1.1.4-0ubuntu2
    1.1.4-0ubuntu3
    1.1.4-0ubuntu4
    1.1.4-0ubuntu5

    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
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