Scientific Linux Security Update : virt-v2v on SL6.x x86_64

virt-v2v is a tool for converting and importing virtual machines to libvirt-managed KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine. Using virt-v2v to convert a guest that has a password-protected VNC console to a KVM guest removed that password protection from the converted guest: after conversion, a password...

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

The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Scientific Linux. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Xen hypervisor SCSI subsystem emulation. An unprivileged, local guest user could provide a large number of bytes th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : abrt, libreport, btparser, and python-meh on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

ABRT Automatic Bug Reporting Tool is a tool to help users to detect defects in applications and to create a bug report with all the information needed by a maintainer to fix it. It uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality. libreport provides an API for reporting different problems in...

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

Security fixes : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel NFSv4 implementation. Several of the NFSv4 file locking functions failed to check whether a file had been opened on the server before performing locking operations on it. A local, unprivileged user on a system with a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nfs-utils on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The nfs-utils packages provide a daemon for the kernel Network File System NFS server, and related tools such as the mount.nfs, umount.nfs, and showmount programs. A flaw was found in the way nfs-utils performed IP based authentication of mount requests. In configurations where a directory was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kexec-tools on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

The kexec-tools package contains the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature. The /sbin/kexec binary facilitates a new kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. The kexec fastboot...

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

The System Security Services Daemon SSSD provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable back-end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to...

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

A race condition was discovered in nssldap, which affected certain applications that make LDAP connections, such as Dovecot. This could cause nssldap to answer a request for information about one user with the information about a different user. CVE-2007-5794 As well, this updated package fixes t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sos on SL6.x

Sos is a set of tools that gather information about system hardware and configuration. The sosreport utility incorrectly included aspects of TUV's Certificate-based private entitlement keys in the resulting archive of debugging information. An attacker able to access the archive could use the key...

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 : mysql on SL4.x i386/x86_64

MySQL did not correctly check directories used as arguments for the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives. Using this flaw, an authenticated attacker could elevate their access privileges to tables created by other database users. Note: this attack does not work on existing tables. An...

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 : java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL5.x i386/x86_64

defaultReadObject of the Serialization API could be tricked into setting a volatile field multiple times, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the applet or application. CVE-2010-3569 Race condition in the way objects were...

CentOS Update for 389-ds-base CESA-2012:0813 centos6

Check for the Version of 389-ds-base OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for 389-ds-base CESA-2012:0813 centos6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

CentOS Update for openssh CESA-2012:0884 centos6

Check for the Version of openssh OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for openssh CESA-2012:0884 centos6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

CentOS Update for nss CESA-2011:1444 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of nss OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for nss CESA-2011:1444 centos5 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0936 centos4 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1065 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for rgmanager CESA-2011:1000 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1849 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...