=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4572-2
October 07, 2020

spice vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Spice could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially
crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- spice: SPICE protocol client and server library

Details:

USN-4572-1 fixed a vulnerability in Spice. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Frediano Ziglio discovered that Spice incorrectly handled QUIC image
 decoding. A remote attacker could use this to cause Spice to crash,
 resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libspice-server1                0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.8+esm1

After a standard system update you need to restart qemu guests to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4572-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4572-1
  CVE-2020-14355

Ubuntu 4572-2: Spice vulnerability

October 7, 2020
Spice could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libspice-server1 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.8+esm1 After a standard system update you need to restart qemu guests to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4572-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4572-1

CVE-2020-14355

Severity
October 07, 2020

Package Information

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