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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.