CVE-2018-10908
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CVE-2018-10908 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause the qemu-img process to consume unbounded amounts of memory of CPU time, causing a denial of service condition that could potentially impact other users of the host.. EPSS estimates a 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
It was found that vdsm before version 4.20.37 invokes qemu-img on untrusted inputs without limiting resources. By uploading a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause the qemu-img process to consume unbounded amounts of memory of CPU time, causing a denial of service condition that could potentially impact other users of the host.
Metrics
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ovirt | Vdsm | < 4.20.37 |
| Redhat | Virtualization | 4.0 |
References
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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