Resource management error in SPICE - CVE-2013-4130

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Resource management error in SPICE - CVE-2013-4130

Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32655
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4130
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The (1) red_channel_pipes_add_type and (2) red_channel_pipes_add_empty_msg functions in server/red_channel.c in SPICE before 0.12.4 do not properly perform ring loops, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and server exit) by triggering a network error.


Affected software

SPICE
spice (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4130

Install update from vendor's website.

SPICE - update to 0.12.4
spice (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 0.10.0-r0, 0.12.0-r1, 0.12.4-r0

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