Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3014-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 3014-1 – Jing Zhao discovered that the Spice smartcard support incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Spice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Frediano Ziglio discovered that Spice incorrectly handled certain primary surface parameters. A malicious guest operating system could potentially exploit this issue to escape virtualization. Various other issues were also addressed.

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