Mesa: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201404-06

Multiple vulnerabilities in Mesa could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Affected packages

media-libs/mesa on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.1.4
Unaffected versions >= 9.1.4

Background

Mesa is an OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mesa. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mesa users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/mesa-9.1.4"
 

References

Release date
April 08, 2014

Latest revision
April 08, 2014: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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