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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-9577: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-9577: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/27/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An authenticated attacker could send crafted messages to the SPICE server causing a heap overflow leading to a crash or possible code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-spice

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