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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15108: SPICE VDAgent: Arbitrary command injection

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15108: SPICE VDAgent: Arbitrary command injection

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/19/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/09/2018
Modified
04/09/2018

Description

spice-vdagent up to and including 0.17.0 does not properly escape save directory before passing to shell, allowing local attacker with access to the session the agent runs in to inject arbitrary commands to be executed.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-spice-vdagent

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