Debian DSA-3354-1 Critical Advisory: Spice Memory Corruption DoS Risk
debian
September 8, 2015
Frediano Ziglio of Red Hat discovered a race condition flaw in spice's worker_update_monitors_config() function, leading to a heap-based memory corruption
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Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.5-1+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.5-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your spice packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: spice
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3247
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