SB2018112701 - Gentoo update for spice-gtk



SB2018112701 - Gentoo update for spice-gtk

Published: November 27, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018112701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12194)

The vulnerability allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the spice-gtk component due to improper sanitization of pointers and lengths when handling spice-server messages. An adjacent attacker can trick the victim into connecting to an attacker-controlled spice-server and send messages that submit malicious input, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.