SPICE up to 0.12.5 QXL Command surface_id memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in SPICE up to 0.12.5. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component QXL Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument surface_id results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-5260. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SPICE up to 0.12.5. Affected is an unknown part of the component QXL Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument surface_id with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 06/07/2016 by Frediano Ziglio with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-5260 since 07/01/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86483 (CentOS 6 : spice-server (CESA-2015:1889)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168753 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for spice (SUSE-SU-2016:1259-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.12.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86483) and SecurityFocus (BID 77019†). The entries VDB-77649 and VDB-87763 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 86483
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : spice-server (CESA-2015:1889)
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OpenVAS ID: 703371
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3371-1 (spice - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SPICE 0.12.6

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07/01/2015 🔍
09/08/2015 +69 days 🔍
10/12/2015 +34 days 🔍
10/21/2015 +9 days 🔍
06/07/2016 +230 days 🔍
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06/08/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/23/2022 +2267 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1889
Researcher: Frediano Ziglio
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87762

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SecurityFocus: 77019 - SPICE 'surface_id' Parameter Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033753

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/08/2016 10:15
Updated: 08/23/2022 08:40
Changes: 06/08/2016 10:15 (65), 01/08/2019 11:07 (15), 08/23/2022 08:35 (4), 08/23/2022 08:36 (1), 08/23/2022 08:40 (1)
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