Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-25653: ELSA-2021-1791: spice-vdagent security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)
Description
A race condition vulnerability was found in the way the spice-vdagentd daemon handled new client connections. This flaw may allow an unprivileged local guest user to become the active agent for spice-vdagentd, possibly resulting in a denial of service or information leakage from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality as well as system availability. This flaw affects spice-vdagent versions 0.20 and prior. A race condition vulnerability was found in the way the spice-vdagentd daemon handled new client connections. This flaw allows an unprivileged local guest user to become the active agent for spice-vdagentd, possibly resulting in a denial of service or information leakage from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality as well as system availability.
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