Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-12748: A flaw was discovered in libvirt in the XML file processing. More specifically, the parsing of user provided XML files was performed before the ACL checks. A malicious user with limited permissions could exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted XML file, causing libvirt to allocate too much memory on the host. The excessive memory consumption could lead to a libvirt process crash on the host, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Fixed packages 32
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-admin | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-bash-completion | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-client | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-config-network | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-interface | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-network | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-secret | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-kvm | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-daemon-lxc | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-debuginfo | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-devel | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-docs | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-libs | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-lock-sanlock | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-login-shell | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libvirt-nss | 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.5CVE-2025-12748 Public exploit
Libvirt: denial of service in xml parsing
A flaw was discovered in libvirt in the XML file processing. More specifically, the parsing of user provided XML files was performed before the ACL checks. A malicious user with limited permissions could exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted XML…
References
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-12748.html