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

It was found that libvirt did not set the user-defined backing store format when creating a new image, possibly resulting in applications having to probe the backing store to discover the format. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to read arbitrary files on the host. CVE-2010-2239 It was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64

These updated packages fix the following security issues : - the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gfs2-utils on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in GFS2 user level utilities. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by a victim running those utilities typically root with the output of the utilities via a symbolic link attack. CVE-2008-6552 Thi...

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

The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Scientific Linux. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Xen hypervisor SCSI subsystem emulation. An unprivileged, local guest user could provide a large number of bytes th...

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

The kexec-tools package contains the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature. The /sbin/kexec binary facilitates a new kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. The kexec fastboot...

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...

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

Security fixes : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the sctprcvootb function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SCTP packet to a target system, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2010-0008,...

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

A race condition was discovered in nssldap, which affected certain applications that make LDAP connections, such as Dovecot. This could cause nssldap to answer a request for information about one user with the information about a different user. CVE-2007-5794 As well, this updated package fixes t...

CentOS Update for nss CESA-2011:1444 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of nss OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for nss CESA-2011:1444 centos5 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1065 centos5 x86_64

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CentOS Update for net-snmp CESA-2012:0876 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0936 centos4 x86_64

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...