---------------------------------------------------------------------- The final version of the CSI 6.0 has been released. Find out why this is not just another Patch Management solution: http://secunia.com/blog/325/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Red Hat update for spice-gtk SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA50679 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/50679/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50679 RELEASE DATE: 2012-09-18 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/50679/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/50679/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50679 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Red Hat has issued an update for spice-gtk. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to potentially gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to the spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper application not clearing environment variables of used libraries and can be exploited by setting certain environment variables. SOLUTION: Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network. Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Sebastian Krahmer, SUSE Security Team ORIGINAL ADVISORY: RHSA-2012:1284-1: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1284.html Novell Bug#697105: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697105 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------