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RHEL 6: RHSA-2013:0687-01 Moderate: Pixman Integer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2013
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Revised software for Red Hat addresses a security vulnerability in pixman, affecting Enterprise Linux 6 at a moderate risk level.
Updated pixman packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

Pixman is a pixel manipulation library for the X Window System and Cairo.
An integer overflow flaw was discovered in one of pixman's manipulation routines. If a remote attacker could trick an application using pixman into performing a certain manipulation, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-1591)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All applications using pixman must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate integer overflow RHEL pixman

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1591 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
x86_64: pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
x86_64: pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
ppc64: pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.ppc.rpm pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm pixman-debuginfo-0.26.2-5.el6_4.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0687-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0687.html
Issue date: 2013-03-27

Topic

Updated pixman packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate integer overflow RHEL pixman

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

910149 - CVE-2013-1591 pixman: stack-based buffer overflow

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