Improper Input Validation Affecting spice-server package, versions <0:0.12.4-9.el7_1.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SPICESERVER-4567808
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Sept 2015

Introduced: 8 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-5260  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 spice-server to version 0:0.12.4-9.el7_1.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1890.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.

CVSS Base Scores

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