spice-gtk: Remote code execution A vulnerability in spice-gtk could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code. spice-gtk 2018-11-27 2018-11-27 650878 local, remote 0.34 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"
CVE-2017-12194 b-man b-man