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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882652
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for spice-server CESA-2017:0253 centos6
Summary:Check the version of spice-server
Description:Summary:
Check the version of spice-server

Vulnerability Insight:
The Simple Protocol for Independent
Computing Environments (SPICE) is a remote display protocol for virtual
environments. SPICE users can access a virtualized desktop or server from
the local system or any system with network access to the server. SPICE is
used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests running on
the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor or on Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization Hypervisors.

Security Fix(es):

* A vulnerability was discovered in spice in the server's protocol
handling. An authenticated attacker could send crafted messages to the
spice server causing a heap overflow leading to a crash or possible code
execution. (CVE-2016-9577)

* A vulnerability was discovered in spice in the server's protocol
handling. An attacker able to connect to the spice server could send
crafted messages which would cause the process to crash. (CVE-2016-9578)

These issues were discovered by Frediano Ziglio (Red Hat).

Affected Software/OS:
spice-server on CentOS 6

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
6.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9577
BugTraq ID: 96040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96040
Debian Security Information: DSA-3790 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3790
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0253
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0254
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0549
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0552
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9578
BugTraq ID: 96118
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96118
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