SUSE SLES11 Security Update : spice (SUSE-SU-2021:14744-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150653

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 / SLES_SAP11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:14744-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-20201: client initiated renegotiation causing denial of service (bsc#1181686)
- CVE-2020-14355: Fixed multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in QUIC decoding code (bsc#1177158)
- CVE-2016-2150: Fixed a guest escape using crafted primary surface parameters (bsc#982386)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libspice-server1 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150653

File Name: suse_SU-2021-14744-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14355

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2150

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libspice-server1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2150, CVE-2020-14355, CVE-2021-20201

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:14744-1

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