RHSA-2015:1889High

Red Hat Security Advisory: spice-server security update

Published
October 12, 2015
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-5260 →CVE-2015-5261 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5260 — spice: insufficient validation of surface_id parameter can cause crash CVE-2015-5261 — spice: host memory access from guest using crafted images

🎯 Affected products28

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • spice-server-debuginfo-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • spice-server-devel-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)