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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201811-20
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: spice-gtk: Remote code execution
Date: November 27, 2018
Bugs: #650878
ID: 201811-20
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in spice-gtk could allow an attacker to remotely
execute arbitrary code.
Background
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spice-gtk is a set of GObject and Gtk objects for connecting to Spice
servers and a client GUI.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/spice-gtk < 0.34 >= 0.34
Description
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A vulnerability was found in spice-gtk client due to the incorrect use
of integer types and missing overflow checks.
Impact
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An attacker, by enticing the user to join a malicious server, could
remotely execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All spice-gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.34"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-12194
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12194
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-20
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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