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Scientific Linux Security Update : spice-server on SL6.x x86_64 (20160606)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 91647
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Security Fix(es) :- A memory allocation flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in spice's smartcard interaction, which runs under the QEMU-KVM context on the host. A user connecting to a guest VM using spice could potentially use this flaw to crash the QEMU-KVM process or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the host's QEMU-KVM process. (CVE-2016-0749)
- A memory access flaw was found in the way spice handled certain guests using crafted primary surface parameters.
A user in a guest could use this flaw to read from and write to arbitrary memory locations on the host.
(CVE-2016-2150)
The CVE-2016-0749 issue was discovered by Jing Zhao (Red Hat) and the CVE-2016-2150 issue was discovered by Frediano Ziglio (Red Hat).
Solution
Update the affected spice-server, spice-server-debuginfo and / or spice-server-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 91647
File Name: sl_20160606_spice_server_on_SL6_x.nasl
Version: 2.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 6/17/2016
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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/cpu, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-0749, CVE-2016-2150