Security update for spice-vdagent

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2766-1
Rating: moderate
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:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for spice-vdagent fixes the following issues:

  • 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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2766=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2766=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.8.2
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.8.2
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.8.2
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.8.2
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.8.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.16.0-8.8.2
    • spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.8.2
    • spice-vdagent-debugsource-0.16.0-8.8.2

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