USN-3355-1: Spice vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3355-1
19th July, 2017
spice vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Spice could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially
crafted network traffic.
Software description
- spice
– SPICE protocol client and server library
Details
Frediano Ziglio discovered that Spice incorrectly handled certain invalid
monitor configurations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Spice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
libspice-server1
0.12.8-2ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libspice-server1
0.12.6-4ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libspice-server1
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart qemu guests to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3355-1: Spice vulnerability
