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

Xen was found to allow unprivileged DomU domains to overwrite xenstore values which should only be changeable by the privileged Dom0 domain. An attacker controlling a DomU domain could, potentially, use this flaw to kill arbitrary processes in Dom0 or trick a Dom0 user into accessing the text...

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

Wesley Miaw discovered that when deflate compression was used, libcurl could call the registered write callback function with data exceeding the documented limit. A malicious server could use this flaw to crash an application using libcurl or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. Note: This issue...

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

Several use-after-free flaws were found in Firefox. Visiting a web page containing malicious content could result in Firefox executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176, CVE-2010-0177 A flaw was found in Firefox that could allow an applet...

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

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 as the user running Firefox. CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773, CVE-2009-0774,CVE-2009-0775...

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-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353 A flaw was found in the way malformed content was...

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

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin initiates file transfers when using the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol XMPP. If a Pidgin client initiates a file transfer, and the remote target sends a malformed response, it could cause Pidgin to crash or, potentially, execute...

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

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the Quagga bgpd daemon processed certain route metrics information. A BGP message with a specially crafted path limit attribute would cause the bgpd daemon to reset its session with the peer through which this message was received. CVE-2010-1675 A NUL...

Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on 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 with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2010-3767, CVE-2010-3772, CVE-2010-3776 A flaw was found in th...

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

A denial-of-service flaw was found in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler. If a remote user was able to send, and the Pidgin user accepted, a carefully-crafted file request, it could result in Pidgin crashing. CVE-2008-2955 A denial-of-service flaw was found in Pidgin's Universal Plug and Play UPnP...

Scientific Linux Security Update : raptor on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120322)

Raptor provides parsers for Resource Description Framework RDF files. An XML External Entity expansion flaw was found in the way Raptor processed RDF files. If an application linked against Raptor were to open a specially crafted RDF file, it could possibly allow a remote attacker to obtain a cop...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes two vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Security Alert page listed in the References section. CVE-2010-0886, CVE-2010-0887 All running instances of Sun...

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

A flaw was discovered in the way the modproxy module of the Apache HTTP Server handled the timeouts of requests forwarded by a reverse proxy to the back-end server. If the proxy was configured to reuse existing back-end connections, it could return a response intended for another user under certa...

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

Several use-after-free flaws were found in SeaMonkey. Visiting a web page containing malicious content could result in SeaMonkey executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176, CVE-2010-0177 Several flaws were found in the processing of...

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

A use-after-free flaw was found in the KDE KSVG animation element implementation. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted SVG image, which once opened by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service Konqueror crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gnutls on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120327)

The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for protocols such as Transport Layer Security TLS. GnuTLS includes libtasn1, a library developed for ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One structures management that includes DER Distinguished Encoding Rules encoding and decoding....

Scientific Linux Security Update : librsvg2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The librsvg2 packages provide an SVG Scalable Vector Graphics library based on libart. A flaw was found in the way librsvg2 parsed certain SVG files. An attacker could create a specially crafted SVG file that, when opened, would cause applications that use librsvg2 such as Eye of GNOME to crash o...

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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1841 A flaw was found in the...

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 with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2010-1211, CVE-2010-2753, CVE-2010-1214 A memory corruption fl...

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

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 the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2010-1121, CVE-2010-1200, CVE-2010-1202, CVE-2010-1203 A flaw was...

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

CVE-2009-1891 httpd: possible temporary DoS CPU consumption in moddeflate CVE-2009-3094 httpd: NULL pointer defer in modproxyftp caused by crafted EPSV and PASV reply CVE-2009-3095 httpd: modproxyftp FTP command injection via Authorization HTTP header CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session...