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Amazon Linux AMI : mesa (ALAS-2013-198)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69756
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.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)
Solution
Run 'yum update mesa' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69756
File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-198.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/4/2013
Updated: 4/18/2018
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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:amazon:linux:glx-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-libglu-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-libgl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-libglu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-libosmesa, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mesa-libosmesa-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1872, CVE-2013-1993