CVE-2018-10908

vdsm: calls to qemu-img are not protected by prlimit/ulimit

Published Aug 9, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2964 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:54 AM
Reserved
May 9, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 9, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:34 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 8, 2018, 12:00 AM