libvirt-0.10.2-64.0.1.AXS4

The libvirt library contains a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.

Security Fix(es):

* libvirt: Resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead() method (CVE-2018-5748)

* libvirt: Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 triggered by QEMU guest agent (CVE-2018-1064)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

The CVE-2018-5748 issue was discovered by Daniel P. Berrange (Asianux) and Peter Krempa (Asianux), and the CVE-2018-1064 issue was discovered by Daniel P. Berrange (Asianux).

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Asianux Server 4.10 Release Notes and Asianux Server 4.10 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

CVE-2018-1064
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.
CVE-2018-5748
qemu/qemu_monitor.c in libvirt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large QEMU reply.