Out-of-Bounds Affecting spice-server-devel package, versions <0:0.12.4-13.el6.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.74% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-SPICESERVERDEVEL-2506392
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Jun 2016

Introduced: 9 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-0749  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 spice-server-devel to version 0:0.12.4-13.el6.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-1204.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The smartcard interaction in SPICE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU-KVM process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to connecting to a guest VM, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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