First published: Thu Jan 28 2021(Updated: )
A flaw was found in spice in versions before 0.14.92. A DoS tool might make it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing many renegotiations within a single connection.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Spice Project Spice | <0.14.92 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
redhat/spice | <0.14.92 | 0.14.92 |
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CVE-2021-20201 is a vulnerability in the Spice Project Spice software before version 0.14.92.
CVE-2021-20201 could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing many renegotiations within a single connection.
CVE-2021-20201 has a severity rating of medium with a CVSS score of 5.3.
To fix CVE-2021-20201, update the Spice Project Spice software to version 0.14.92 or later.
You can find more information about CVE-2021-20201 in the references provided: [Link 1](https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2011/10/31/tls-renegotiation-and-denial-of-service-attacks), [Link 2](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921846), [Link 3](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-10).