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

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the backported stack unwinder fixes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. On AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms, a local user could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service. CVE-2007-4574, Important - A fl...

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

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. Datagram TLS DTLS is a protocol based on TLS that is capable of securing datagram transport UDP for instance. 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 : system-config-firewall on SL6.x i386/x86_64

system-config-firewall is a graphical user interface for basic firewall setup. It was found that system-config-firewall used the Python pickle module in an insecure way when sending data via D-Bus to the privileged back-end mechanism. A local user authorized to configure firewall rules using...

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...

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

The ipmitool package contains a command line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control. It was discovered that the IPMI event daemon ipmievd...

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 : squid on SL6.x i386/x86_64

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data objects. An input validation flaw was found in the way Squid calculated the total number of resource records in the answer section of multiple name server responses. An attacker could use this...

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

The rgmanager package contains the Resource Group Manager, which provides the ability to create and manage high-availability server applications in the event of system downtime. It was discovered that certain resource agent scripts set the LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable to an insecure value...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL6.x i386/x86_64

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a trusted third party, the Key Distribution Center KDC. A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC processed certain TGS...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon. Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the X.Org GLX OpenGL extension to the X Window System extension. A malicious,...

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

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. Two denial of service flaws were found in the way the dhcpd daemon handle...

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 : glibc on SL5.x,SL6.x i386/x86_64

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. The fix for CVE-2010-3847 introduced a regression in the way th...

CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:1097 centos5

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CentOS Update for xorg-x11-server-utils CESA-2011:0433 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1455 centos4 x86_64

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CentOS Update for libuser CESA-2011:0170 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:0841 centos5 x86_64

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