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Spice Vdagent CVE-2020-25653

MEDIUM
Race Condition (CWE-362)
2020-11-26 secalert@redhat.com
6.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.3 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Nov 26, 2020 - 02:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.3

DescriptionNVD

A race condition vulnerability was found in the way the spice-vdagentd daemon handled new client connections. This flaw may allow an unprivileged local guest user to become the active agent for spice-vdagentd, possibly resulting in a denial of service or information leakage from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality as well as system availability. This flaw affects spice-vdagent versions 0.20 and prior.

AnalysisAI

A race condition vulnerability was found in the way the spice-vdagentd daemon handled new client connections. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3). Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362. A race condition vulnerability was found in the way the spice-vdagentd daemon handled new client connections. This flaw may allow an unprivileged local guest user to become the active agent for spice-vdagentd, possibly resulting in a denial of service or information leakage from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality as well as system availability. This flaw affects spice-vdagent versions 0.20 and prior. Affected products include: Spice-Space Spice-Vdagent, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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