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openSUSE Security Update : spice (openSUSE-2017-228)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97078

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This security update for spice fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-9577: A buffer overflow in the spice server could have potentially been used by unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. (bsc#1023078)

 - CVE-2016-9578: Unauthenticated attackers could have caused a denial of service via a crafted message.
 (bsc#1023079)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected spice packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023078

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023079

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97078

File Name: openSUSE-2017-228.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libspice-server1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:spice-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libspice-server1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:spice-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libspice-server-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9577, CVE-2016-9578