SB2018103015 - Red Hat update for libvirt
Published: October 30, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018103015
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6764)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists in the util/virlog.c source code file due to improper determination of hostnames during LXC container startup. An adjacent attacker can bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary commands.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.