CVE-2018-1064

Publication date 28 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvirt 21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.2
17.10 artful
Fixed 3.6.0-1ubuntu6.8
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.24
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.27

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvirt

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3680-1
    • libvirt vulnerability and update
    • 12 June 2018

Other references