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SUSE 11 SP3: 2013:1175-1 Important: Mesa Memory Corruption Fix

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2013
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security patch for Mesa addressing a critical memory corruption vulnerability. It is essential to promptly apply this update utilizing either YaST or zypper.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

A memory corruption in the Mesa Intel drivers (OOB read/write) has been fixed. (CVE-2013-1872) This could have been potentially exploited by remote attackers who would have been able to inject 3d graphics into the attacked desktop. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-1872 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-Mesa-8011 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-Mesa-8011 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-Mesa-8011 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

References

#828007

Cross- CVE-2013-1872

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1872.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1175-1
Rating: important

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