SUSE: 2017:0396-1 Important: Spice DoS and Buffer Overflow Fix
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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 Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-spice-12970=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-spice-12970=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-spice-12970=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:
Topics Covered
References
#1023078 #1023079
Cross- CVE-2016-9577 CVE-2016-9578
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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-2017:0396-1
Rating: important
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