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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-0749) (Multiple Advisories): spice security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-0749) (Multiple Advisories): spice security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/06/2016
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

The smartcard interaction in SPICE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU-KVM process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to connecting to a guest VM, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-spice
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-spice-server
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-spice-server-devel

References

  • ELSA-2016-1205
  • DSA-3596
  • USN-3014-1
  • CVE-2016-0749

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