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SUSE: 2021:1927-1 Critical: Spice Denial of Service Security Fix

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2021
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SUSE Security Bulletin: Patch for spice addressing service interruption vulnerabilities with Advisory ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1927-1.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for spice fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-20201: client initiated renegotiation causing denial of service (bsc#1181686) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE MicroOS 5.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1927=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-1927=1 Package List: - SUSE MicroOS 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64): libspice-server1-0.14.2-3.6.1 libspice-server1-debuginfo-0.14.2-3.6.1 spice-debugsource-0.14.2-3.6.1

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security advisory denial of service patch important SUSE Linux spice SUSE MicroOS

References

#1181686

Cross- CVE-2021-20201

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-20201 (NVD) : 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2021-20201 (SUSE): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE MicroOS 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20201.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181686

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1927-1
Rating: important

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security advisory denial of service patch important SUSE Linux spice SUSE MicroOS

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