CVE-2011-2702

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2012-08-01 00:00:00+00:00| confirmed| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20167...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120124)

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 : postgresql on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system DBMS. A signedness issue was found in the way the crypt function in the PostgreSQL pgcrypto module handled 8-bit characters in passwords when using Blowfish hashing. Up to three characters immediately preceding a non-ASCII...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tzdata on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

This updated package addresses the following changes to Daylight Saving Time DST : - Chile was supposed to switch to the standard time April 2nd, 2011. With this update Daylight Saving Time is retained for additional five weeks and the system switches to standard time on May 7th, 2011. BZ691432,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. One of those standards is the XML Path Language XPath, which is a language for addressing parts of an XML document. An off-by-one error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the wa...

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

SeaMonkey is an open source web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor. A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled malformed JPEG images. A website containing a malicious JPEG image could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the...

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

libsoup is an HTTP client/library implementation for GNOME. A directory traversal flaw was found in libsoup's SoupServer. If an application used SoupServer to implement an HTTP service, a remote attacker who is able to connect to that service could use this flaw to access any local files accessib...

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

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled malformed JPEG images. An HTML mail message containing a malicious JPEG image could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x i386/x86_64

A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Tomcat to hang via a specially crafted HTTP request. CVE-2010-4476 A flaw was found in the Tomcat NIO Non-Blocking I/O connector. A remote attacker could...

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

A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the rsync client processed malformed file list data. If an rsync client used the '--recursive' and '--delete' options without the '--owner' option when connecting to a malicious rsync server, the malicious server could cause rsync on the client system...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit. It was discovered that Java2D did not properly check graphics rendering objects before passing them to the native renderer. Malicious input, or an untrusted Java application or applet could u...

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

The Apache HTTP Server is a popular web server. It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server did not properly validate the request URI for proxied requests. In certain configurations, if a reverse proxy used the ProxyPassMatch directive, or if it used the RewriteRule directive with the proxy fla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php on SL4.x i386/x86_64 (20120130)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. It was found that the hashing routine used by PHP arrays was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. If an HTTP POST request to a PHP application contained many parameters whose names map to the same hash...

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

Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the way Mailman displayed usernames of subscribed users on certain pages. If a user who is subscribed to a mailing list were able to trick a victim into visiting one of those pages, they could perform a cross-site scripting XSS attack against the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120214)

These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit. It was discovered that Java2D did not properly check graphics rendering objects before passing them to the native renderer. Malicious input, or an untrusted Java application or applet could u...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Scientific Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Scientific...

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

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar and cpio. It can also read ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were discovered in libarchive. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially crafted IS...

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

A flaw was found in the way the Avahi daemon avahi-daemon processed Multicast DNS mDNS packets with an empty payload. An attacker on the local network could use this flaw to cause avahi-daemon on a target system to enter an infinite loop via an empty mDNS UDP packet. CVE-2011-1002 After installin...

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

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. It was found that the 'new' constructor of the Digest module used its argument as part of the string expression passed to the eval function. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to...