Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871004
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for mesa RHSA-2013:0898-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'mesa'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'mesa' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: mesa on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. 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-2013-1993 Debian Security Information: DSA-2678 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2678 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:181 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-May/039720.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-May/039722.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0897 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0897.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0898 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0898.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0865 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00007.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1888-1
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