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CentOS 6 : pixman (CESA-2013:0687)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 65725

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated pixman packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Pixman is a pixel manipulation library for the X Window System and Cairo.

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in one of pixman's manipulation routines. If a remote attacker could trick an application using pixman into performing a certain manipulation, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-1591)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All applications using pixman must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected pixman packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aad8e8fa

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 65725

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0687.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/29/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1591

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pixman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pixman-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1591

BID: 58193

RHSA: 2013:0687