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

This update addresses the following security issues : - a memory leak in keyctl handling. A local user could use this flaw to deplete kernel memory, eventually leading to a denial of service. CVE-2009-0031, Important - a buffer overflow in the Linux kernel Partial Reliable Stream Control...

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

Insecure temporary file use flaws were found in fenceegenera, fenceapc, and fenceapcsnmp. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the victim running those utilities via a symbolic link attack. CVE-2008-4192, CVE-2008-4579 This update also fixes the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nss, nss-util, and nspr on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

Network Security Services NSS is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Netscape Portable Runtime NSPR provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities. It was found that a Certificate Authori...

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

A flaw was found in the way Squid processed certain external ACL helper HTTP header fields that contained a delimiter that was not a comma. A remote attacker could issue a crafted request to the Squid server, causing excessive CPU use up to 100%. CVE-2009-2855 Note: The CVE-2009-2855 issue only...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sos on SL5.x (20120221)

Sos is a set of tools that gather information about system hardware and configuration. The sosreport utility incorrectly included Certificate-based private entitlement keys for upstream updates in the resulting archive of debugging information. An attacker able to access the archive could use the...

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...

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

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : A memory leak was found in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2007-5494, Important A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems. Bus and device IDs were ignored when attempting to attach multiple USB devices...

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

The System Security Services Daemon SSSD provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable back-end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to...

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

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. A flaw was found in the Python urllib and urllib2 libraries where they would not differentiate between different target URLs when handling automatic redirects. This caused Python applications using these modules to follo...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120710)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security fix : - The fix for CVE-2011-1083 introduced a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's Event Poll epoll subsystem handled resource clean up when an ELOOP error code was returned. A local, unprivileged user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nfs-utils on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The nfs-utils packages provide a daemon for the kernel Network File System NFS server, and related tools such as the mount.nfs, umount.nfs, and showmount programs. A flaw was found in the way nfs-utils performed IP based authentication of mount requests. In configurations where a directory was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sos on SL6.x

Sos is a set of tools that gather information about system hardware and configuration. The sosreport utility incorrectly included aspects of TUV's Certificate-based private entitlement keys in the resulting archive of debugging information. An attacker able to access the archive could use the key...

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

Multiple flaws were found in the Python rgbimg module. If an application written in Python was using the rgbimg module and loaded a specially crafted SGI image file, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the applicatio...

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

The System Security Services Daemon SSSD provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable back-end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to...

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

CVE-2009-2697 gdm not built with tcpwrappers A flaw was found in the way the gdm package was built. The gdm package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. CVE-2009-2697 This update also fixes the...

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

MySQL did not correctly check directories used as arguments for the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives. Using this flaw, an authenticated attacker could elevate their access privileges to tables created by other database users. Note: this attack does not work on existing tables. An...

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

CVE-2007-2348 lftp mirror --script does not escape names and targets of symbolic links It was discovered that lftp did not properly escape shell metacharacters when generating shell scripts using the 'mirror --script' command. A mirroring script generated to download files from a malicious FTP...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rsyslog on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. A numeric truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the rsyslog imfile module processed text files containing long lines. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the rsyslogd daemon or,...

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

This Identity Management Application is a centralized authentication, identity management and authorization solution for both traditional and cloud based enterprise environments. It integrates components of the Upstream Directory Server, MIT Kerberos, the Upstream Certificate System, NTP, and DNS...