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Scientific Linux alert SL-pixm-20130327 (pixman)

From:  Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov>
To:  <scientific-linux-errata@listserv.fnal.gov>
Subject:  Security ERRATA Moderate: pixman on SL6.x i386/x86_64
Date:  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:53:14 +0000
Message-ID:  <20130327195314.18635.99385@slpackages.fnal.gov>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

Synopsis: Moderate: pixman security update Issue Date: 2013-03-27 CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-1591 -- 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) All applications using pixman must be restarted for this update to take effect. -- SL6 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 pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686.rpm pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm 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 - Scientific Linux Development Team


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