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CVE-2018-10908 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.html	CVE	Mailing ListVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2018-07/msg00488.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2624	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10908	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/93195/	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-770	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling	[email protected]
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]
CWE-770	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ovirt vdsm	< 4.20.37
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ovirt:vdsm:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat virtualization	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 8, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]