CVE-2016-0749
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.085 · 95 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The smartcard interaction in SPICE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU-KVM process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to connecting to a guest VM, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 - Fixedspice-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 - Fixedspice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Applications acting as a SPICE server must be restarted for this update to take effect. Note that QEMU-KVM guests providing SPICE console access must be restarted for this update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–10
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (55)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2016:1204Red Hat Security Advisory: spice-server security update2016-06-06csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for spice-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- RHSA-2016:1205Red Hat Security Advisory: spice security update2016-06-06csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for spice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (28)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00003.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00004.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3596cnnvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.spice-space.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3014-1cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205cnnvd
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