CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2012:1156)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several 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. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

opera to 12.01 (important)

Opera was updated to version 12.1, fixing various bugs and security issues. http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1201/ Fixes and Stability Enhancements since Opera 12.00 General and User Interface Several general fixes and stability improvements Website thumbnail memory usage improvements...

BackTrack 5 R3 Released - Download Now !

The latest version of Backtrack is out! Check out Backtrack 5 R3! "The time has come to refresh our security tool arsenal – BackTrack 5 R3 has been released. R3 focuses on bug-fixes as well as the addition of over 60 new tools – several of which were released in BlackHat and Defcon 2012. A whole...

Fedora 17 : glpi-0.83.4-1.fc17 / glpi-data-injection-2.2.2-1.fc17 / etc (2012-10661)

The official GLPI 0.83.3 version is now available from download This version correct several minor bugs and a security bug. You are stongly encouraged to update your actual version. Thanks to Prajal Kulkarni. Upstream Changelog Version 0.83.31 - Bug 3633: Check rights for massive actions for...

Fedora 17 : maniadrive-1.2-43.fc17 / php-5.4.5-1.fc17 (2012-10936)

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.5. This release fixes over 30 bugs and includes a fix for a security related overflow issue in the stream implementation CVE-2012-2688. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.5. Full changelog:...

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

"MySQL did not require privileges such as 'SELECT' for the source table in a 'CREATE TABLE LIKE' statement. An authenticated user could obtain sensitive information, such as the table structure. CVE-2007-3781 A flaw was discovered in MySQL that allowed an authenticated user to gain update...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nspr and nss for SL 5.x on i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-2408 firefox/nss: doesn't handle NULL in Common Name properly CVE-2009-2404 nss regexp heap overflow The packages with this update are identical to the packages released on the 20th of July 2009. They are being reissued as a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libguestfs on SL6.x x86_64 (20120620)

libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying guest disk images. It was found that editing files with virt-edit left said files in a world-readable state and did not preserve the file owner or Security-Enhanced Linux context. If an administrator on the host used virt-edit to edit a file...

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

A flaw was discovered in the way Dovecot handled the 'mailextragroups' option. An authenticated attacker with local shell access could leverage this flaw to read, modify, or delete other users mail that is stored on the mail server. CVE-2008-1199 This issue did not affect the default Red Hat...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php-pecl-apc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

The php-pecl-apc packages contain APC Alternative PHP Cache, the framework for caching and optimization of intermediate PHP code. A cross-site scripting XSS flaw was found in the 'apc.php' script, which provides a detailed analysis of the internal workings of APC and is shipped as part of the APC...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL5.x

Problem description : A flaw was found in the Apache HTTP Server modproxy module. On sites where a reverse proxy is configured, a remote attacker could send a carefully crafted request that would cause the Apache child process handling that request to crash. On sites where a forward proxy is...

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

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 sudo password checking logic. In configurations where the sudoers settings allowed a user to run a command using sudo with only the group ID changed, sudo...

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

The conga packages provide a web-based administration tool for remote cluster and storage management. Multiple cross-site scripting XSS flaws were found in luci, the conga web-based administration application. If a remote attacker could trick a user, who was logged into the luci interface, into...

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

rsync is a program for synchronizing files over a network. A flaw was found in the way the rsync daemon handled the 'filter', 'exclude', and 'exclude from' options, used for hiding files and preventing access to them from rsync clients. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass those...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ecryptfs-utils on SL5.x i386/x86_64

These updated ecryptfs-utils packages have been upgraded to upstream version 75, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. In addition, these packages provide a graphical program to help configure and use eCryptfs. To start this program, run the command :...

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 : kvm on SL5.4 i386/x86_64

The x86 emulator implementation was missing a check for the Current Privilege Level CPL and I/O Privilege Level IOPL. A user in a guest could leverage these flaws to cause a denial of service guest crash or possibly escalate their privileges within that guest. CVE-2010-0298, CVE-2010-0306 A flaw...

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

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way the Pidgin Yahoo! Messenger Protocol plug-in handled malformed YMSG packets. A remote attacker could us...

Scientific Linux Security Update : net-snmp on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP, including an SNMP library, an extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the netstat command...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php-pear on SL6.x

The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository PEAR, a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. It was found that the 'pear' command created temporary files in an insecure way when installing packages. A malicious, local user could use this flaw t...