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SUSE: 2015:0884-1 Critical Vulnerability in SPICE DoS Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2015
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Important SPICE enhancement launched to mitigate a buffer overflow security issue in SUSE environments.
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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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow critical DoS SUSE SPICE

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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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow critical DoS SUSE SPICE

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