Scientific Linux Security Update : opal on SL5.x i386/x86_64

In Scientific Linux 5, the Ekiga application uses opal. A flaw was discovered in the way opal handled certain Session Initiation Protocol SIP packets. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application, such as Ekiga, which is linked with opal. CVE-2007-4924 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way BIND generates outbound DNS query ids. If an attacker is able to acquire a finite set of query IDs, it becomes possible to accurately predict future query IDs. Future query ID prediction may allow an attacker to conduct a DNS cache poisoning attack, which can result in...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cups on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

Alin Rad Pop discovered several flaws in the handling of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause CUPS to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when printed. CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL5.x i386/x86_64

"MySQL did not require privileges such as 'SELECT' for the source table in a 'CREATE TABLE LIKE' statement. An authenticated user could obtain sensitive information, such as the table structure. CVE-2007-3781 A flaw was discovered in MySQL that allowed an authenticated user to gain update...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qt4 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Qt 4 is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine. A flaw in the way Qt 4 expanded certain UTF-8 characters could be used to prevent a Qt 4 based application...

Scientific Linux Security Update : net-snmp on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was discovered in the way net-snmp handled certain requests. A remote attacker who can connect to the snmpd UDP port 161 by default could send a malicious packet causing snmpd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2007-5846 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the modproxy module. On sites where a reverse proxy is configured, a remote attacker could send a carefully crafted request that would cause the Apache child process handling that request to crash. On sites where a forward proxy is configured, an attacker could cause a similar...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rsync on SL5.x i386/x86_64

rsync is a program for synchronizing files over a network. A flaw was found in the way the rsync daemon handled the 'filter', 'exclude', and 'exclude from' options, used for hiding files and preventing access to them from rsync clients. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass those...

Scientific Linux Security Update : poppler on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Maurycy Prodeus discovered an integer overflow flaw in the processing of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause an application linked with poppler to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2007-3387 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Scientific Linux Security Update : quagga on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

An out of bounds memory read flaw was discovered in Quagga's bgpd. A configured peer of bgpd could cause Quagga to crash, leading to a denial of service CVE-2007-1995. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'...

Scientific Linux Security Update : htdig on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

A cross-site scripting flaw was discovered in a htdig search page. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted URL, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a user's Web browser to execute malicious script in the context of the visited htdig search Web page. CVE-2007-6110...

Scientific Linux Security Update : perl-Net-DNS on SL3.0.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way Net::DNS generated the ID field in a DNS query. This predictable ID field could be used by a remote attacker to return invalid DNS data. CVE-2007-3377 A denial of service flaw was found in the way Net::DNS parsed certain DNS requests. A malformed response to a DNS...

Scientific Linux Security Update : spamassassin on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64 (fwd)

Martin Krafft discovered a symlink issue in SpamAssassin that affects certain non-default configurations. A local user could use this flaw to create or overwrite files writable by the spamd process CVE-2007-2873. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was discovered in the way Ruby's CGI module handles certain HTTP requests. If a remote attacker sends a specially crafted request, it is possible to cause the ruby CGI script to enter an infinite loop, possibly causing a denial of service. CVE-2006-6303 An SSL certificate validation flaw w...

Scientific Linux Security Update : madwifi on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service panic via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates xrates element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211scanap.c and net80211/ieee80211scansta.c...

Scientific Linux Security Update : perl on SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. Specially crafted input to a regular expression can cause Perl to improperly allocate memory, possibly resulting in arbitrary code running with the permissions of the user running Perl. CVE-2007-5116 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Scientific Linux Security Update : vixie-cron on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

Raphael Marichez discovered a denial of service bug in the way vixie-cron verifies crontab file integrity. A local user with the ability to create a hardlink to /etc/crontab can prevent vixie-cron from executing certain system cron jobs. CVE-2007-1856 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mutt on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way Mutt used temporary files on NFS file systems. Due to an implementation issue in the NFS protocol, Mutt was not able to exclusively open a new file. A local attacker could conduct a time-dependent attack and possibly gain access to e-mail attachments opened by a victim...

Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on on SL3.0.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL allows authenticated users to execute security-definer functions. It was possible for an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the security-definer function. CVE-2007-2138 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Scientific Linux Security Update : util-linux on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was discovered in the way that the mount and umount utilities used the setuid and setgid functions, which could lead to privileges being dropped improperly. A local user could use this flaw to run mount helper applications such as, mount.nfs, with additional privileges CVE-2007-5191...