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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2015-0373
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2015-0373
Insight
Insight
Updated spice packages fix security vulnerability: A race condition flaw, leading to a heap-based memory corruption, was found in spice's worker_update_monitors_config() function, which runs under the QEMU-KVM context on the host. A user in a guest could leverage this flaw to crash the host QEMU-KVM process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the host QEMU-KVM process (CVE-2015-3247).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.