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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:0898-01 Moderate: Mesa Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Mesa security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, tackling several moderate vulnerabilities.
Updated mesa packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Mesa provides a 3D graphics API that is compatible with Open Graphics Library (OpenGL). It also provides hardware-accelerated drivers for many popular graphics chips.
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 users of Mesa are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running applications linked against Mesa must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update heap overflow red hat enterprise mesa graphics driver

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1993 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: glx-utils-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-debuginfo-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGL-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGLU-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGLw-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libOSMesa-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-source-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: glx-utils-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-debuginfo-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-debuginfo-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-libGL-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGL-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-libGLU-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGLU-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-libGLw-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGLw-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-libOSMesa-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libOSMesa-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-source-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: mesa-debuginfo-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGLU-devel-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGLw-devel-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libOSMesa-devel-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: mesa-debuginfo-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-debuginfo-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.i386.rpm mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.11.el5_9.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0898-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0898.html
Issue date: 2013-06-03

Topic

Updated mesa packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update heap overflow red hat enterprise mesa graphics driver

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

961613 - CVE-2013-1993 Mesa: Multiple integer overflows leading to heap-based bufer overflows

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