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openSUSE Security Update : spice-vdagent (openSUSE-2018-144)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106667

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for spice-vdagent provides the following fixes :

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2017-15108: Properly escape save directory that is passed to the shell to prevent local attacker with access to the session the agent runs from injecting arbitrary commands to be executed (bsc#1070724).

This non-security issue was fixed :

 - Implement endian swapping, required for big-endian guests to connect to the spice client successfully.
 (bsc#1012215) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected spice-vdagent packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1012215

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1070724

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106667

File Name: openSUSE-2018-144.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:spice-vdagent, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:spice-vdagent-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:spice-vdagent-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15108