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Scientific Linux Security Update : mesa on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130603)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66779

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An out-of-bounds access flaw was found in Mesa. If an application using Mesa exposed the Mesa API to untrusted inputs (Mozilla Firefox does this), an attacker could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-1872)

It was found that Mesa did not correctly validate messages from the X server. A malicious X server could cause an application using Mesa to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-1993)

All running applications linked against Mesa must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ceffce3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66779

File Name: sl_20130603_mesa_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glx-utils, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-demos, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-dri-drivers, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-dri-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-libgl-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-libglu, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-libglu-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-libosmesa, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mesa-libosmesa-devel, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1872, CVE-2013-1993