Scientific Linux Security Update : perl-DBD-Pg on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120725)

Perl DBI is a database access Application Programming Interface API for the Perl language. perl-DBD-Pg allows Perl applications to access PostgreSQL database servers. Two format string flaws were found in perl-DBD-Pg. A specially crafted database warning or error message from a server could cause...

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 : php53 and php on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120111)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. It was found that the hashing routine used by PHP arrays was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. If an HTTP POST request to a PHP application contained many parameters whose names map to the same hash...

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 : systemtap on SL6.x i386/x86_64

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. Two divide-by-zero flaws were found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL4.x i386/x86_64 (20120111)

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. One of those standards is the XML Path Language XPath, which is a language for addressing parts of an XML document. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 decoded entity...

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. This update fixes the following security issues : - Flaws in the AGPGART driver implementation when handling certain IOCTL commands could allow a local user to cause a denial of service or escalate their...

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 : libpng on SL5.x i386/x86_64

The libpng packages contain a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG Portable Network Graphics image format files. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libpng processed certain PNG image files. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that, when opened, could...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba3x on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and other information. A cross-site scripting XSS flaw was found in the password change page of the Samba Web Administration Tool SWAT. If a remote attacker could trick a user, who was logged into the SWAT interface, into...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120716)

The sudo superuser do utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root. A flaw was found in the way the network matching code in sudo handled multiple IP networks listed in user specification configuration directives. A user, who is authorized to run...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120507)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. A flaw was found in the way the php-cgi executable processed command line arguments when running in CGI mode. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a PHP script that would result in the que...

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

The kdelibs packages provide libraries for the K Desktop Environment KDE. An input sanitization flaw was found in the KSSL KDE SSL Wrapper API. An attacker could supply a specially crafted SSL certificate for example, via a web page to an application using KSSL, such as the Konqueror web browser,...

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

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program. Multiple flaws were found in the way the mount and umount commands performed mtab...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cups on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Lempel-Ziv-Welch LZW decompression algorithm implementation used by the CUPS GIF image format reader. An attacker could create...

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

The Apache Portable Runtime APR is a portability library used by the Apache HTTP Server and other projects. It provides a free library of C data structures and routines. The fix for CVE-2011-0419 introduced an infinite loop flaw in the aprfnmatch function when the APRFNMPATHNAME matching flag was...

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

The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Lempel-Ziv-Welch LZW decompression algorithm implementation used by the CUPS GIF image format reader. An attacker could create a malicious GIF ima...

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

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap...

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

Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. foomatic-rip is a print filter written in C. An...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libtiff on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120410)

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format TIFF files. Two integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way libtiff attempted to allocate space for a tile in a TIFF image file. An attacker could use these flaw...