Medium severity · published Nov 26, 2020
CVE-2020-25651
A flaw was found in the SPICE file transfer protocol
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the SPICE file transfer protocol. File data from the host system can end up in full or in parts in the client connection of an illegitimate local user in the VM system. Active file transfers from other users could also be interrupted, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality as well as system availability. This flaw affects spice-vdagent versions 0.20 and prior.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
SP
Spice-vdagent · Spice-space
through 0.20.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25651
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25651
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886359
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00012.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GQT56LATVTB2DJOVVJOKQVMVUXYCT2VB/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIWJ2EIQXWEA2VDBODEATHAT37X4CREP/
Exploit
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/04/1
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