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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Mesa vulnerability (USN-4271-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 133549

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Tim Brown discovered that Mesa incorrectly handled shared memory permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to obtain and possibly alter sensitive information belonging to another user.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4271-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133549

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4271-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2020

Updated: 10/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libd3dadapter9-mesa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libd3dadapter9-mesa-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libegl-mesa0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libegl1-mesa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libegl1-mesa-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgbm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgbm1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgl1-mesa-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgl1-mesa-dri, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgl1-mesa-glx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglapi-mesa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgles2-mesa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgles2-mesa-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglx-mesa0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libosmesa6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libosmesa6-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwayland-egl1-mesa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxatracker-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxatracker2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mesa-common-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mesa-opencl-icd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mesa-va-drivers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mesa-vdpau-drivers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mesa-vulkan-drivers, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5068

USN: 4271-1