Spice Vdagent
CVE-2020-25653
MEDIUM
Severity by source
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
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1DescriptionNVD
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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Same weakness CWE-362 – Race Condition
View allSame technique Race Condition
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