Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1649-1 spice -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
30 Jan 2019
Affected Packages:
spice
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 920762.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-3813.
More information:

Christophe Fergeau discovered an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in spice, a SPICE protocol client and server library, which might result in denial of service (spice server crash), or possibly, execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5-1+deb8u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your spice packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS