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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : bind on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that the bind packages created the 'rndc.key' file with insecure file permissions. This allowed any local user to read the content of this file. A local user could use this flaw to control some aspects of the named daemon by using the rndc utility, for example, stopping the name...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : selinux-policy on SL5.x i386/x86_64

In accordance with the Scientific Linux errata policy, we are pushing out this selinux-policy bug fix as a security errata http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/errata The selinux-policy packages contain the rules that govern how confined processes run on the system. These updated...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tog-pegasus on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Scientific Linux defines additional security enhancements for OpenGroup Pegasus WBEM services in addition to those defined by the upstream OpenGroup Pegasus release. After re-basing to version 2.7.0 of the OpenGroup Pegasus code, these additional security enhancements were no longer being applied...

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 : 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 : selinux-policy on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120709)

This update adds the following enhancements : - When the system produces a new SELinux denial, the setroubleshootd daemon executes the rpm tool to check information about the relevant packages. Previously, setroubleshootd was unable to execute the rpm tool, and AVC denials were logged in the...

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...

CentOS Update for openssh CESA-2012:0884 centos6

Check for the Version of openssh OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for openssh CESA-2012:0884 centos6 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...

CentOS Update for 389-ds-base CESA-2012:0813 centos6

Check for the Version of 389-ds-base OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for 389-ds-base CESA-2012:0813 centos6 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 i...

CentOS Update for sssd CESA-2011:0975 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of sssd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for sssd CESA-2011:0975 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...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1065 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1065 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...