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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201404-06 ] Mesa: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:29:21
Message-Id: 5343C120.6030607@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Mesa: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 08, 2014
10 Bugs: #432400, #445916, #472280
11 ID: 201404-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mesa could result in execution of arbitrary
19 code or Denial of Service.
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21 Background
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24 Mesa is an OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-libs/mesa < 9.1.4 >= 9.1.4
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mesa. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could possibly execute
44 arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of
45 Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Mesa users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/mesa-9.1.4"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-2864
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2864
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-5129
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5129
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1872
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1872
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201404-06.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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99 Mikle Kolyada
100 Gentoo Linux Developer

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