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Amazon Linux 2 : spice (ALAS-2019-1184)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123468

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

Spice, versions 0.5.2 through 0.14.0, are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read due to an off-by-one error in memslot_get_virt.
This may lead to a denial of service, or, in the worst case, code-execution by unauthenticated attackers.(CVE-2019-3813)

Solution

Run 'yum update spice' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1184.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123468

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1184.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/29/2019

Updated: 1/27/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spice-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spice-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spice-server-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3813

ALAS: 2019-1184