Debian DSA-3907-1 : spice - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101380

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Frediano Ziglio discovered a buffer overflow in spice, a SPICE protocol client and server library which may result in memory disclosure, denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the spice packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5-1+deb8u5.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.8-2.1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101380

File Name: debian_DSA-3907.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spice, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7506

DSA: 3907

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