Access Restriction Bypass Affecting spice-gtk package, versions <0.12-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-SPICEGTK-287108
  • published18 Sept 2012
  • disclosed18 Sept 2012

Introduced: 18 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-4425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 spice-gtk to version 0.12-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice-gtk package and not the spice-gtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.

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