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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: spice-vdagent / spice-vdagent-debuginfo / spice-vdagent-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2021_1791)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 357647
Synopsis
The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_1791 advisory.* spice-vdagent: possible file transfer DoS and information leak via active_xfers hash map (CVE-2020-25651)
* spice-vdagent: UNIX domain socket peer PID retrieved via SO_PEERCRED is subject to race condition (CVE-2020-25653)
* spice-vdagent: memory DoS via arbitrary entries in active_xfers hash table (CVE-2020-25650)
* spice-vdagent: possibility to exhaust file descriptors in vdagentd (CVE-2020-25652)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_1791.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1791
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1790904
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1824610
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886345
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886359
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886366
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886372
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:1791
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 357647
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_1791.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 10/1/2026
Updated: 10/1/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.04
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Unknown
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25653
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25651
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-25650, CVE-2020-25651, CVE-2020-25652, CVE-2020-25653