CVE-2017-15108

Impact:
Low
CWE:
CWE-78
Bugzilla:
1510864: CVE-2017-15108 spice-vdagent: Improper validation of xfers->save_dir in vdagent_file_xfers_data()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

spice-vdagent up to and including 0.17.0 does not properly escape save directory before passing to shell, allowing local attacker with access to the session the agent runs in to inject arbitrary commands to be executed.

Find out more about CVE-2017-15108 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 spice-vdagent Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 spice-vdagent Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Seth Arnold (Canonical) for reporting this issue.

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