Improper Access Control Affecting spice-server package, versions <0:0.12.4-13.el6.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-SPICESERVER-1506061
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Jun 2016

Introduced: 6 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-2150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

SPICE allows local guest OS users to read from or write to arbitrary host memory locations via crafted primary surface parameters, a similar issue to CVE-2015-5261.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1