security update for spice-vdagent

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0372-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-15108 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15108 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15108 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

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

Description:

This update for spice-vdagent provides the following fixes:

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15108: Properly escape save directory that is passed to the shell to prevent local attacker with access to the session the agent runs from injecting arbitrary commands to be executed (bsc#1070724).

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • Implement endian swapping, required for big-endian guests to connect to the spice client successfully. (bsc#1012215)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-262=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-262=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.5.15
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.5.15

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