Resource exhaustion in SPICE - CVE-2021-20201
Published: June 9, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53962
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20201
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SPICE
SPICE
Software vendor:
SPICE
SPICE
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can execute multiple renegotiations within a single connection and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.