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CVE-2018-10908

Published: Aug 9, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 36.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-770

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]
vdsmOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
ovirt
oss-projectaka vdsm, ovirt-engine
vdsmOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
virtualizationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624
access.redhat.com
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.html
lists.nongnu.org
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