Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-10908
CVE-2018-10908
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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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- gerrit.ovirt.orgmitrex_refsource_MISC
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