Scientific Linux Security Update : spice-server on SL6.x x86_64 (20151012)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86364

Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way SPICE handled certain guest QXL commands related to surface creation. A user in a guest could use this flaw to read and write arbitrary memory locations on the host. (CVE-2015-5261)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way spice handled certain QXL commands related to the 'surface_id' parameter. A user in a guest could use this flaw to crash the host QEMU-KVM process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the host QEMU-KVM process. (CVE-2015-5260)

Solution

Update the affected spice-server, spice-server-debuginfo and / or spice-server-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?20a83935

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86364

File Name: sl_20151012_spice_server_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-server, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-server-devel, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5260, CVE-2015-5261