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SUSE 12-SP2: 2017:0451-1 Critical: Spice Memory Leak & System Disruption

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has issued an important security patch for spice, addressing critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities and possible DoS threats. Patching guidance is included
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

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) 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-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-200=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-200=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-200=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow DoS important SUSE spice

References

#1023078 #1023079

Cross- CVE-2016-9577 CVE-2016-9578

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

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: SUSE-SU-2017:0392-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow DoS important SUSE spice

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