Improper Access Control Affecting spice package, versions <0.12.6-4ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-SPICE-306792
  • published9 Jun 2016
  • disclosed9 Jun 2016

Introduced: 9 Jun 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 spice to version 0.12.6-4ubuntu1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice package and not the spice package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 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