spice Incoming Message input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in spice. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Incoming Message Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-9578. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in spice (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Incoming Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server s protocol handling. An attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2017. The weakness was shared 02/16/2017 by Frediano Ziglio with Red Hat as 854336 / [SECURITY] [DSA 3790-1] spice security update as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-9578 since 11/23/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99867 (EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : spice (EulerOS-SA-2017-1021)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Huawei Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157375 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for spice (ELSA-2017-0254)).

Upgrading 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 (99867) and SecurityFocus (BID 96118†). The entry VDB-97263 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 99867
Nessus Name: EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : spice (EulerOS-SA-2017-1021)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for spice-server CESA-2017:0253 centos6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 854336 / [SECURITY] [DSA 3790-1] spice security update
Researcher: Frediano Ziglio
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97264

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SecurityFocus: 96118 - Spice CVE-2016-9578 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9578 - SPICE - Denial of Service Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/24/2017 15:56
Updated: 08/17/2020 10:20
Changes: 02/24/2017 15:56 (77), 08/17/2020 10:20 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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