SUSE: 2015:0884-1 Critical Vulnerability in SPICE DoS Buffer Overflow
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May 15, 2015
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
The remote desktop software SPICE was updated to address one security issue. The following vulnerabilitiy was fixed: * A stack-based buffer overflow in the password handling code allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long password in a SPICE ticket. (bsc#848279, CVE-2013-4282) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-199=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-199=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64): libspice-server1-0.12.4-6.1 libspice-server1-debuginfo-0.12.4-6.1
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References
#848279
Cross- CVE-2013-4282
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4282.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848279
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0884-1
Rating: important
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