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SUSE: 2015:0884-2 Urgent: SPICE Buffer Overflow Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2015
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Crucial SUSE Security Patch for spice mitigating a buffer overrun resulting in Denial of Service. Refer to the installation instructions for more information.
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 Software Development Kit 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-199=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64): libspice-server-devel-0.12.4-6.1 spice-debugsource-0.12.4-6.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update DoS important SUSE SPICE

References

#848279

Cross- CVE-2013-4282

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 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-2015:0884-2
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update DoS important SUSE SPICE

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