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

The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. An integer overflow flaw was found in libvirtd's RPC call handling. An attacker able to establish read-only connections to libvirtd could trigger this flaw by...

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

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security fix : - Using the SGIO IOCTL to issue SCSI requests to partitions or LVM volumes resulted in the requests being passed to the underlying block device. If a privileged user only had access to a single...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120315)

The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. An integer overflow flaw was found in the implementation of the printf functions family. This could allow an attacker...

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

CVE-2005-4881 kernel: netlink: fix numerous padding memleaks CVE-2009-3228 kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak This update fixes the following security issues : - multiple, missing initialization flaws were found in the Linux kernel. Padding data in several core network structures was no...

RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2012:0393-01

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",...

kernel security update

kernel: 2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 - xen x8664: check address on trap handlers or guest callbacks Paolo Bonzini 813430 813431 CVE-2012-0217 - xen x8664: Do not execute sysret with a non-canonical return address Paolo Bonzini 813430 813431 CVE-2012-0217 - xen x86: prevent hv boot on AMD CPUs with Erratum...

SuSE 10 Security Update : openssl (ZYPP Patch Number 8143)

This update of openssl fixes the following denial of service vulnerabilities : - Denial of Service via CBC mode handling. CVE-2012-2333 - A deadlock condition introduced by the previous memory leak fix due to entering a lock twice. This would only happen in multithreaded programs. In addition,...

MDVA-2012:046 : initscripts

Xorg and chvt 1 call in /etc/rc.d/rc can be deadlocking one another if shutdown is requested using ACPI or any other mean, which will cause X to stop while, at the same time, /etc/rc.d/rc0/6 is running, causing chvt 1 to be called. When this happen, chvt call is blocked and shutdown / reboot...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7915)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. This update fixes the following security issues : - X.25 remote DoS. CVE-2010-3873. bnc651219 - X.25 remote Dos. CVE-2010-4164. bnc653260 - 1 socket local DoS. CVE-2010-4249. bnc655696 -...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 2605)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The ftdisio driver allowed local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued. This requires this driver to be loaded, whi...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7811)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : - A USB string descriptor overflow in the auerwald USB driver was fixed, which could be used by physically proximate attackers to cause a...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (x86_64) (ZYPP Patch Number 2096)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - A double userspace copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. 199441. CVE-2006-3745 - Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems...

CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2012:0393)

Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0393 Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

ImageMagick security and bug fix update

6.2.8.0-12.el5 - Add fix for CVE-2010-4167 767142 6.2.8.0-11.el5 Fix assertion failed when using 'identify -verbose' when theres no image information available 502626 6.2.8.0-10.el5 Fix memory allocation failure when using color option 616538 Fix hang when converting broken GIF 693989 Fix...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: ImageMagick security and bug fix update

Updated ImageMagick packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severi...

RedHat Update for ImageMagick RHSA-2012:0301-03

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",...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7918)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. This update fixes the following security issues : - X.25 remote DoS. CVE-2010-3873. bnc651219 - X.25 remote Dos. CVE-2010-4164. bnc653260 - 1 socket local DoS. CVE-2010-4249. bnc655696 -...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7812)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : - A USB string descriptor overflow in the auerwald USB driver was fixed, which could be used by physically proximate attackers to cause a...