Gentoo: GLSA-201811-20: spice-gtk: Remote code execution
Summary
A vulnerability was found in spice-gtk client due to the incorrect use of integer types and missing overflow checks.
Resolution
All spice-gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.34"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-12194 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12194
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-20
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
spice-gtk is a set of GObject and Gtk objects for connecting to Spice servers and a client GUI.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/spice-gtk < 0.34 >= 0.34
Impact
===== An attacker, by enticing the user to join a malicious server, could remotely execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.