Buffer overflow - CVE-2017-7506

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Buffer overflow - CVE-2017-7506

Published: July 12, 2017 / Updated: July 17, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7549
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7506
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 boundary error when processing SPICE protocol client messages in spice. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted message, trigger 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

Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
spice (Alpine package)
spice

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7506


spice (Alpine package) - update to 0.12.6-r2
spice - update to 0.12.8-3.fc24

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