openSUSE: 2017:0421-1 Important: Spice Buffer Overflow and DoS
opensuse
February 8, 2017
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Description
This security update for spice fixes the following issues:
CVE-2016-9577: A buffer overflow in the spice server could have
potentially been used by unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary
code. (bsc#1023078) CVE-2016-9578: Unauthenticated attackers could have
caused a denial of service via a crafted message. (bsc#1023079)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-227=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
libspice-server-devel-0.12.5-11.1
libspice-server1-0.12.5-11.1
libspice-server1-debuginfo-0.12.5-11.1
spice-client-0.12.5-11.1
spice-client-debuginfo-0.12.5-11.1
spice-debugsource-0.12.5-11.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9577.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9578.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023078
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023079
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:0421-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.1
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Topics Covered
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