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Debian 9 DSA-3907-1 Critical: Spice Buffer Overflow Risk Analysis

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2017
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Notice regarding spice address memory overflow issue and related vulnerabilities, consult DSA-3907-1 for comprehensive guidance on applying the necessary updates.
Frediano Ziglio discovered a buffer overflow in spice, a SPICE protocol client and server library which may result in memory disclosure, denial of service and potentially the execu...

Summary

Frediano Ziglio discovered a buffer overflow in spice, a SPICE protocol
client and server library which may result in memory disclosure, denial
of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.12.5-1+deb8u5.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.8-2.1+deb9u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

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-2017-7506

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