SB2017063034 - Input validation error in spice (Alpine package)
Published: June 30, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017063034
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9578)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c51ed48a9612712783cd711937a9030b74695b65
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=da40c61cddb4cc20ad75a8fc778f2e9336915f2f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=516192d8e6a233a6fba38bb4ec3f530ec33e7929
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=875ccf90cbff91f51f5e848cd704efe25b602856