GLSA 201707-06: virglrenderer: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:virglrenderer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:07/08/2017
Bugs: #606996, #607022, #608734, #609400, #609402, #609492, #609494, #610678, #610680, #611378, #611380, #611382
ID:201707-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in virglrenderer, the worst of which could allow local guest OS users to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

A virtual 3D GPU library, that allows the guest operating system to use the host GPU to accelerate 3D rendering.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-libs/virglrenderer < 0.6.0 >= 0.6.0 All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A local attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All virglrenderer users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/virglrenderer-0.6.0"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201707-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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