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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3907-1 (spice - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Frediano Ziglio discovered a buffer overflow in spice, a SPICE protocol client and server library which may result in memory disclosure, denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Affected Software
Affected Software
spice on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5-1+deb8u5. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.8-2.1+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your spice packages.