Stack-based buffer overflow in SPICE - CVE-2013-4282
Published: November 2, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33300
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-2013-4282
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the reds_handle_ticket function in server/reds.c when processing a long password in a SPICE ticket. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
SPICE
spice (Alpine package)
SUSE Linux
spice (Alpine package)
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4282
Update to version 0.12.2.
SPICE - update to 0.12.2
spice (Alpine package) - update to 0.12.0-r2
spice (Alpine package) - update to 0.12.0-r2
External References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/commit/?id=8af619009660b24e0b41ad26b30289eea288fcc2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1473.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1474.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2839
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63408
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2027-1