CVE-2015-3247

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3247
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-08 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the worker_update_monitors_config function in SPICE 0.12.4 allows a remote authenticated guest user to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Spice Project Spice 0.12.4 All All All
Application Spice Project Spice 0.12.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 1233238 – CVE-2015-3247 spice: memory corruption in worker_update_monitors_config() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Spice Memory Corruption Error in worker_update_monitors_config() Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3354-1 spice DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Spice Race Condition and Buffer Overflows Let Local Guest System Users Crash the Host or Execute Arbitrary Code on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[Spice-devel] Announcing spice 0.12.6 MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-3247 MISC access.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1566-1: moderate: Security update for spice SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
USN-2736-1: Spice vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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