Scientific Linux Security Update : php on SL6.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way PHP converted certain floating point values from string representation to a number. If a PHP script evaluated an attacker's input in a numeric context, the PHP interpreter could cause high CPU usage until the script execution time limit is reached. This issue only...

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

An information disclosure flaw was found in NetworkManager's D-Bus interface. A local attacker could leverage this flaw to discover sensitive information, such as network connection passwords and pre-shared keys. CVE-2009-0365 A potential denial of service flaw was found in NetworkManager's D-Bus...

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

Multiple integer overflow flaws which could lead to heap-based buffer overflows, as well as multiple insufficient input validation flaws, were found in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library icclib. Using specially crafted ICC profiles, an attacker could create a malicious...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120213)

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple programs on the system. These packages contain the standard C and the standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, a Linux system cannot function properly. An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer...

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

Security fixes : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the sctprcvootb function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SCTP packet to a target system, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2010-0008,...

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

Multiple flaws were found in the Python rgbimg module. If an application written in Python was using the rgbimg module and loaded a specially crafted SGI image file, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the applicatio...

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

CVE-2009-3026 pidgin: ignores SSL/TLS requirements with old jabber servers CVE-2009-2703 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topics DoS CVE-2009-3083 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by processing incomplete MSN SLP invite DoS CVE-2009-3085 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by...

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

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in GPdf's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause GPdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2009-0147, CVE-2009-1179 Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in GPdf's JBIG2 decoder. An...

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

CVE-2009-2663 libvorbis: Improper codec headers processing DoS, ACE An insufficient input validation flaw was found in the way libvorbis processes the codec file headers static mode headers and encoding books of the Ogg Vorbis audio file format Ogg. A remote attacker could provide a specially...

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

CVE-2009-0791 xpdf: multiple integer overflows CVE-2009-1188 xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap integer overflow CVE-2009-3608 xpdf/poppler: integer overflow in ObjectStream::ObjectStream oCERT-2009-016 CVE-2009-3609 xpdf/poppler: ImageStream::ImageStream integer overflow CVE-2009-3604 xpdf/poppler:...

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

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the ImageMagick routine responsible for creating X11 images. An attacker could create a specially crafted image file that, when opened by a victim, would cause ImageMagick to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary...

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

CVE-2009-2412 apr, apr-util: Integer overflows in memory pool apr and relocatable memory apr-util management Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way the Apache Portable Runtime APR manages memory pool and relocatable memory allocations. An...

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

CVE-2009-0922 postgresql: potential DoS due to conversion functions CVE-2009-3230 postgresql: SQL privilege escalation, incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600 It was discovered that the upstream patch for CVE-2007-6600 included in the Scientific Linux did not include protection against misuse of the...

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

A flaw was found in the way that SeaMonkey parsed malformed HTML mail messages. If a user opened a specially crafted HTML mail message, it could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, possibly, to execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2009-2210 After installing the update, SeaMonkey mus...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

An input validation flaw was found in the ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One decoder used by MIT Kerberos. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a network service using the MIT Kerberos library, such as kadmind or krb5kdc, by causing it to dereference or free an uninitialized pointer...

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

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775 A flaw was found in the way...

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

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. CVE-2009-4377 Several buffer overflow flaw...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libtiff on SL6.x i386/x86_64

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed certain TIFF image files that were compressed with the JPEG compression algorithm. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff ...

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

CVE-2009-3736 libtool: libltdl may load and execute code from a library in the current directory A flaw was found in the way GNU Libtool's libltdl library looked for modules to load. It was possible for libltdl to load and run modules from an arbitrary library in the current working directory. If...

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

The Mandriva Linux Engineering Team discovered a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the ISC DHCP client. If the DHCP client were to receive a malicious DHCP response, it could crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the client root. CVE-2009-0692 An insecure temporary file use fl...