Resource Exhaustion Affecting spice package, versions <0.14.3-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-SPICE-8485941
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed28 May 2021

Introduced: 28 May 2021

CVE-2021-20201  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 spice to version 0.14.3-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice package and not the spice package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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