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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : httpd on SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

The Apache HTTP Server did not verify that a process was an Apache child process before sending it signals. A local attacker with the ability to run scripts on the Apache HTTP Server could manipulate the scoreboard and cause arbitrary processes to be terminated which could lead to a denial of...

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

Several flaws were found in the way libvorbis processed audio data. An attacker could create a carefully crafted OGG audio file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libvorbis to crash or execute arbitrary code when it was opened. CVE-2007-3106, CVE-2007-4029, CVE-2007-4065...

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

There was a security issue with the default installed configuration of autofs version 5 whereby the entry for the 'hosts' map did not specify the 'nosuid' mount option. A local user with control of a remote nfs server could create a setuid root executable within an exported filesystem on the remo...

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

An algorithmic complexity weakness was found in the way the mcstrans daemon handled ranges of compartments in sensitivity labels. A local user could trigger this flaw causing mctransd to temporarily stop responding to other requests; a partial denial of service. CVE-2007-4570 This update also fix...

Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on SL4 i386,x86_64, SL5 i386

Updated postgresql packages that fix several security issues are now available. 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...

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

Steve Grubb discovered a flaw in the way coolkey created a temporary directory. A local attacker could perform a symlink attack and cause arbitrary files to be overwritten. CVE-2007-4129 In addition, the updated packages contain fixes for the following bugs in the CAC Smart Card support : - CAC...

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

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the way the hplip hpssd daemon handled user input. A local attacker could send a specially crafted request to the hpssd daemon, possibly allowing them to run arbitrary commands as the root user. CVE-2007-5208. On Scientific Linux 5, the SELinux targeted policy for...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel for SL 5.x on i386/x86_64

CVE-2007-5966 kernel: non-root can trigger cpuidle soft lockup CVE-2009-1385 kernel: e1000cleanrxirq denial of service CVE-2009-1388 kernel: docoredump vs ptracestart deadlock CVE-2009-1389 kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received CVE-2009-1895 kernel: personality: fix...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openoffice.org on SL4.x, i386/x86_64

A heap overflow flaw was found in the RTF import filer. An attacker could create a carefully crafted RTF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. CVE-2007-0245 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...