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GLSA-202208-10 : Spice Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163982

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-10 (Spice Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - A flaw was found in spice in versions before 0.14.92. A DoS tool might make it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing many renegotiations within a single connection. (CVE-2021-20201)

 - Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. (CVE-2021-14355)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Spice Server users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-emulation/spice-0.15.0

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-10

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746920

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792618

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163982

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202208-10.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/10/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:spice, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-14355, CVE-2021-20201