Security update for spice-vdagent

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2614-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-25650 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25650 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25651 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25651 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-25652 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25652 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25653 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25653 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for spice-vdagent fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.21.0
  • CVE-2020-25650: memory DoS via arbitrary entries in active_xfers hash table (bsc#1177780)
  • CVE-2020-25651: possible file transfer DoS and information leak via active_xfers hash map (bsc#1177781)
  • CVE-2020-25652: possibility to exhaust file descriptors in vdagentd (bsc#1177782)
  • CVE-2020-25653: UNIX domain socket peer PID retrieved via SO_PEERCRED is subject to race condition (bsc#1177783)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-2614=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP3-2021-2614=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.21.0-3.3.1
    • spice-vdagent-0.21.0-3.3.1
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.21.0-3.3.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.21.0-3.3.1
    • spice-vdagent-0.21.0-3.3.1
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.21.0-3.3.1

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