Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package, versions <0:4.1-20170816.2.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-REDHATVIRTUALIZATIONHOSTIMAGEUPDATE-4455035
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Jul 2017

Introduced: 11 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-7506  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-681  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update to version 0:4.1-20170816.2.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2017:2529.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package and not the redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

spice versions though 0.13 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds memory access when processing specially crafted messages from authenticated attacker to the spice server resulting into crash and/or server memory leak.