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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1818-1 Critical Mesa Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2013
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Advisory 2020-1 regarding a critical mesa flaw that could lead to system instability or unauthorized code execution.
Mesa could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Summary

Mesa could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially

crafted data.

Software Description:

- mesa: free implementation of the EGL API

Details:

It was discovered that Mesa incorrectly handled certain arrays. An attacker

could use this issue to cause Mesa to crash, resulting in a denial of

service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libegl1-mesa                    8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libgbm1                         8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libgl1-mesa-dri                 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libgl1-mesa-glx                 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libgl1-mesa-swx11               8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libglapi-mesa                   8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libgles1-mesa                   8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libgles2-mesa                   8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libglu1-mesa                    8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libopenvg1-mesa                 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libosmesa6                      8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5
  libxatracker1                   8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1818-1

CVE-2012-5129

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May 07, 2013

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5

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