SUSE: 2017:0393-1 Important: Spice Buffer Overflow And DoS Threat
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February 6, 2017
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 Server for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-199=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-199=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64): libspice-server1-0.12.4-8.12.1
Topics Covered
References
#1023078 #1023079
Cross- CVE-2016-9577 CVE-2016-9578
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
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-2017:0393-1
Rating: important
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