spice-gtk: Remote code execution — GLSA 201811-20

A vulnerability in spice-gtk could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

Package	net-misc/spice-gtk on all architectures
Affected versions	< 0.34
Unaffected versions	>= 0.34

spice-gtk is a set of GObject and Gtk objects for connecting to Spice servers and a client GUI.

A vulnerability was found in spice-gtk client due to the incorrect use of integer types and missing overflow checks.

An attacker, by enticing the user to join a malicious server, could remotely execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All spice-gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.34"

Release date
November 27, 2018

Latest revision
November 27, 2018: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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