SB2015101304 - Buffer overflow in spice (Alpine package)
Published: October 13, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015101304
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3247)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Race condition in the worker_update_monitors_config function in SPICE 0.12.4 allows a remote authenticated guest user to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.