Scientific Linux Security Update : qt4 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Qt 4 is a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine. A flaw in the way Qt 4 expanded certain UTF-8 characters could be used to prevent a Qt 4 based application...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openoffice.org2 on SL4.x i386/x86_64

An integer truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the OpenOffice.org Impress presentation application sanitized a file's dictionary property items. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when...

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

CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way newt processes content that is to be displayed in a text dialog box. A local attacker could issue a specially crafted text dialog box display request direct or via a custom...

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

A pointer use-after-free flaw was found in the GD graphics library embedded in libwmf. An attacker could create a specially crafted WMF file that would cause an application using libwmf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running the application when opened by a victim...

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

CVE-2009-3379 libvorbis: security fixes mentioned in MFSA 2009-63 Multiple flaws were found in the libvorbis library. A specially crafted Ogg Vorbis media format file Ogg could cause an application using libvorbis to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2009-3379 The deskto...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gstreamer-plugins on SL4.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, and a stack-based buffer overflow flaw were found in various ModPlug music file format library libmodplug modules, embedded in GStreamer. An attacker could create specially crafted music files that, when played by a victim, would...

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 frame objects with certain names. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a plug-in to grant its content access to another site or the local file...

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

NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired or wireless network connection active at all times. The ifcfg-rh NetworkManager plug-in is used in Scientific Linux distributions to read and write configuration information from the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg- files...

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 : openoffice.org on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way OpenOffice.org enforced a macro security setting for macros, written in the Python scripting language, that were embedded in OpenOffice.org documents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted OpenOffice.org document and previewed the macro directory...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 389-ds-base on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

The 389 Directory Server is an LDAPv3 compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP server and command-line utilities for server administration. A flaw was found in the way the 389 Directory Server daemon ns-slapd handled access control instructions AC...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python-sqlalchemy on SL6.x (20120307)

SQLAlchemy is an Object Relational Mapper ORM that provides a flexible, high-level interface to SQL databases. It was discovered that SQLAlchemy did not sanitize values for the limit and offset keywords for SQL select statements. If an application using SQLAlchemy accepted values for these...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120627)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. It was discovered that the PHP XSL extension did not restrict the file writing capability of libxslt. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create or overwrite an arbitrary file that is writable by the user...

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

The International Components for Unicode ICU library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way ICU performed variant canonicalization for some locale identifiers. If a specially crafted locale representation was opened in an...

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 : mysql on SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-4019 mysql: DoS crash when comparing GIS items from subquery and when handling subqueires in WHERE and assigning a SELECT result to a @variable CVE-2009-4028 mysql: client SSL certificate verification flaw CVE-2009-4030 mysql: Incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2079 / CVE-2008-4098 It 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 : fetchmail on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2007-4565 Fetchmail NULL pointer dereference CVE-2008-2711 fetchmail: Crash in large log messages in verbose mode CVE-2009-2666 fetchmail: SSL null terminator bypass It was discovered that fetchmail is affected by the previously published 'null prefix attack', caused by incorrect handling of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype for SL4 , SL5

An invalid memory management flaw was found in the way the FreeType font engine processed font files. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

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

CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH: Plaintext Recovery Attack against CBC ciphers A flaw was found in the SSH protocol. An attacker able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack may be able to obtain a portion of plain text from an arbitrary ciphertext block when a CBC mode cipher was used to encrypt SSH...