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Scientific Linux Security Update : spice-gtk on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120917)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62175

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The spice-gtk packages provide a GIMP Toolkit (GTK+) widget for SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) clients. Both Virtual Machine Manager and Virtual Machine Viewer can make use of this widget to access virtual machines using the SPICE protocol.

It was discovered that the spice-gtk setuid helper application, spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper, did not clear the environment variables read by the libraries it uses. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges by setting specific environment variables before running the helper application.
(CVE-2012-4425)

All users of spice-gtk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

To resolve dependencies gtk2, libcacard, libusb1, and spice-protocol have been added to the necessary repositories.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e703ace9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62175

File Name: sl_20120917_spice_gtk_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-glib, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-gtk, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-gtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-gtk-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:spice-gtk-tools, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4425