SB2015090807 - Buffer overflow in SPICE

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SB2015090807 - Buffer overflow in SPICE

Published: September 8, 2015 Updated: August 3, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015090807
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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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.

References