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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:1273-01 Critical: Spice-Gtk API Bypass Issue

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Updated spice-gtk packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: spice-gtk security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2013:1273-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1273.html
Issue date:        2013-09-19
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-4324 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated spice-gtk packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The spice-gtk packages provide a GIMP Toolkit (GTK+) widget for SPICE
(Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) clients. Both
Virtual Machine Manager and Virtual Machine Viewer can make use of this
widget to access virtual machines using the SPICE protocol.

spice-gtk communicated with PolicyKit for authorization via an API that is
vulnerable to a race condition. This could lead to intended PolicyKit
authorizations being bypassed. This update modifies spice-gtk to
communicate with PolicyKit via a different API that is not vulnerable to
the race condition. (CVE-2013-4324)

All users of spice-gtk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1006669 - CVE-2013-4324 spice-gtk: Insecure calling of polkit via polkit_unix_process_new()

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:

x86_64:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

Source:

x86_64:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4324
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:1273-01 Critical: Spice-Gtk API Bypass Issue

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest Spice-gtk patch for Red Hat mitigates significant security vulnerabilities with severe consequences. Update immediately!
Updated spice-gtk packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

The spice-gtk packages provide a GIMP Toolkit (GTK+) widget for SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) clients. Both Virtual Machine Manager and Virtual Machine Viewer can make use of this widget to access virtual machines using the SPICE protocol.
spice-gtk communicated with PolicyKit for authorization via an API that is vulnerable to a race condition. This could lead to intended PolicyKit authorizations being bypassed. This update modifies spice-gtk to communicate with PolicyKit via a different API that is not vulnerable to the race condition. (CVE-2013-4324)
All users of spice-gtk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4324 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
x86_64: spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-python-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm
x86_64: spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-glib-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-devel-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-tools-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-glib-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm spice-gtk-0.14-7.el6_4.3.x86_64.rpm spice-gtk-debuginfo-0.14-7.el6_4.3.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1273-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2013-09-19

Topic

Updated spice-gtk packages that fix one security issue are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1006669 - CVE-2013-4324 spice-gtk: Insecure calling of polkit via polkit_unix_process_new()

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