Debian DSA-4319-1 : spice - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 118122

Synopsis

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

Description

Frediano Ziglio reported a missing check in the script to generate demarshalling code in the SPICE protocol client and server library.
The generated demarshalling code is prone to multiple buffer overflows. An authenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (spice server crash), or possibly, execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the spice packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.8-2.1+deb9u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906315

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/spice

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/spice

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4319

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118122

File Name: debian_DSA-4319.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2018

Updated: 2/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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 Score Source: CVE-2018-10873

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: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: 10/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10873

DSA: 4319