Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Spice vulnerability (USN-3751-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 112149

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Spice incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libspice-protocol-dev and / or libspice-server1 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3751-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112149

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3751-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2018

Updated: 1/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libspice-protocol-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libspice-server1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10873

USN: 3751-1