Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input Affecting spice-server-devel package, versions <0:0.12.4-13.el6_8.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.46% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-SPICESERVERDEVEL-2138853
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9578  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1286  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 spice-server-devel to version 0:0.12.4-13.el6_8.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice-server-devel package and not the spice-server-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.