Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20181929
Revision Date:2018-06-19Version:640
Title:RHSA-2018:1929: libvirt security update (Low)
Description: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 (Red Hat) and Peter Krempa (Red Hat), and the CVE-2018-1064 issue was discovered by Daniel P. Berrange (Red Hat).

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Technical Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1064
    CVE-2018-5748
    RHSA-2018:1929
    RHSA-2018:1929-00
    RHSA-2018:1929-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • libvirt is earlier than 0:0.10.2-64.el6
  • AND libvirt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-client is earlier than 0:0.10.2-64.el6
  • AND libvirt-client is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-devel is earlier than 0:0.10.2-64.el6
  • AND libvirt-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-lock-sanlock is earlier than 0:0.10.2-64.el6
  • AND libvirt-lock-sanlock is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libvirt-python is earlier than 0:0.10.2-64.el6
  • AND libvirt-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK