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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120306
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-198)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'mesa' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-198 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mesa' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-198 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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)

Affected Software/OS:
'mesa' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1872
60285
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60285
DSA-2704
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2704
RHSA-2013:0897
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0897.html
SUSE-SU-2013:1175
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00014.html
USN-1888-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1888-1
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0190.html
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59429
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923584
openSUSE-SU-2013:1188
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00019.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1993
DSA-2678
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2678
MDVSA-2013:181
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:181
RHSA-2013:0898
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0898.html
[Mesa-dev] 20130523 [PATCH:mesa 1/2] integer overflow in XF86DRIOpenConnection() [CVE-2013-1993 1/2]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-May/039720.html
[Mesa-dev] 20130523 [PATCH:mesa 2/2] integer overflow in XF86DRIGetClientDriverName() [CVE-2013-1993 2/2]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-May/039722.html
[oss-security] 20130523 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
openSUSE-SU-2013:0865
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00007.html
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