GLSA 201811-20: spice-gtk: Remote code execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	spice-gtk: Remote code execution
Date:	11/27/2018
Bugs:	#650878
ID:	201811-20

Synopsis

A vulnerability in spice-gtk could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

Background

spice-gtk is a set of GObject and Gtk objects for connecting to Spice servers and a client GUI.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/spice-gtk	< 0.34	>= 0.34	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability was found in spice-gtk client due to the incorrect use of integer types and missing overflow checks.

Impact

An attacker, by enticing the user to join a malicious server, could remotely execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All spice-gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.34"

References

CVE-2017-12194

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201811-20.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.