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

Multiple integer overflows leading to a heap overflow were discovered in the array- and string-handling code used by Ruby. An attacker could use these flaws to crash a Ruby application or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Ruby application using untrusted inputs in array...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kdegraphics on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the way kpdf displayed malformed fonts embedded in PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause kpdf to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2008-1693 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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

A flaw was found in the way ICU processed certain, invalid, encoded data. If an application used ICU to decode malformed, multibyte, character data, it may have been possible to bypass certain content protection mechanisms, or display information in a manner misleading to the user. CVE-2008-1036...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tog-pegasus on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Scientific Linux defines additional security enhancements for OpenGroup Pegasus WBEM services in addition to those defined by the upstream OpenGroup Pegasus release. After re-basing to version 2.7.0 of the OpenGroup Pegasus code, these additional security enhancements were no longer being applied...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openoffice.org2 on SL4.5 and 4.6 i386/x86_64

Multiple heap overflows and an integer underflow were found in the Quattro ProR import filter. An attacker could create a carefully crafted Quattro Pro file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. CVE-2007-5745, CVE-2007-5747...

Scientific Linux Security Update : coreutils on SL4.x i386/x86_64

The coreutils packages were found to not use the pamsucceedif Pluggable Authentication Module PAM correctly in the configuration file for the 'su' command. Any local user could use this command to change to a locked or expired user account if the target account's password was known to the user...

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

SL5 Only: A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in a CUPS administration interface CGI script. A local attacker able to connect to the IPP port TCP port 631 could send a malicious request causing the script to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the 'lp' user. Please note: the defaul...

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

SL 3 and SL 4 only A flaw was found in the way CUPS handled the addition and removal of remote shared printers via IPP. A remote attacker could send malicious UDP IPP packets causing the CUPS daemon to attempt to dereference already freed memory and crash. CVE-2008-0597 A memory management flaw w...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glib2 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Diego Petten discovered multiple integer overflows causing heap-based buffer overflows in GLib's Base64 encoding and decoding functions. An attacker could use these flaws to crash an application using GLib's Base64 functions to encode or decode large, untrusted inputs, or, possibly, execute...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL 3.0.x , SL 4.x , SL 5.x

An integer overflow flaw was found in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler. If a user received a malicious MSN message, it was possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. CVE-2008-2927 Note: the default Pidgin privacy setting only allows messages from users in the...

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

The Google security team discovered a flaw in the way OpenSSL checked the verification of certificates. An attacker in control of a malicious server, or able to effect a 'man in the middle' attack, could present a malformed SSL/TLS signature from a certificate chain to a vulnerable client and...

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

The version of vsftpd as shipped in Scientific Linux 3 when used in combination with Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM had a memory leak on an invalid authentication attempt. Since vsftpd prior to version 2.0.5 allows any number of invalid attempts on the same connection this memory leak could...

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

An invalid pointer flaw was found in unzip. If a user ran unzip on a specially crafted file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with that user's privileges. CVE-2008-0888 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux...

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

A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. A specially crafted regular expression with Unicode characters could trigger a buffer overflow, causing Perl to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Perl. CVE-2008-1927 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openoffice.org2 on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Sean Larsson found a heap overflow flaw in the OpenOffice memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could use the flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-2152 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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

Will Drewry of the Google Security Team reported several flaws 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...

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

SureRun Security Team discovered an integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow in the Windows Metafile WMF image format parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted document containing a malicious WMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash, or, possibly, execute...

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

A heap buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the RC4 libxslt library extension. An attacker could create a malicious XSL file that would cause a crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using the libxslt library to perform XSL transformations on untruste...

Scientific Linux Security Update : fence on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Insecure temporary file use flaws were found in fenceegenera, fenceapc, and fenceapcsnmp. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the victim running those utilities via a symbolic link attack. CVE-2008-4192, CVE-2008-4579 This update also fixes the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openoffice.org2 on SL45, 46, 47 i386/x86_64

SureRun Security Team discovered an integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow in the Windows Metafile WMF image format parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted document containing a malicious WMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash, or, possibly, execute...