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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Transparent Inter-Process Communication protocol TIPC implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-3859, Important - Missing sanity...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in a way MySQL handled symbolic links when database tables were created with explicit 'DATA' and 'INDEX DIRECTORY' options. An authenticated user could create a table that would overwrite tables in other databases, causing destruction of data or allowing the user to elevate...

Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2009-3979 A flaw was found in the SeaMonkey NT Lan Manager NTL...

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

A flaw was found in the way sendmail handled NUL characters in the CommonName field of X.509 certificates. An attacker able to get a carefully-crafted certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority could trick sendmail into accepting it by mistake, allowing the attacker to perform a...

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

a flaw in the mount handling routine for 64-bit systems that allowed a local user to cause denial of service CVE-2006-7203, Important. a flaw in the PPP over Ethernet implementation that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service CVE-2007-2525, Important. a flaw in the Bluetooth subsystem...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed web content. A webpage containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0419 Several flaws wer...

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

SeaMonkey is an open source web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the...

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

Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in rgmanager and various resource scripts run by rgmanager. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the rgmanager process i.e. user root with the output of rgmanager or a resource agent via a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content. Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2011-2982 A...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qt on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way Qt expanded certain UTF8 characters. It was possible to prevent a Qt-based application from properly sanitizing user supplied input. This could, for example, result in a cross-site scripting attack against the Konqueror web browser. CVE-2007-0242 A buffer overflow flaw...

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

Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. A web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. CVE-2008-2801, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803 Several flaws were found in the...

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

CVE-2005-4881 kernel: netlink: fix numerous padding memleaks CVE-2009-3228 kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak This update fixes the following security issues : - multiple, missing initialization flaws were found in the Linux kernel. Padding data in several core network structures was no...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018,...

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

Olaf Kirch discovered two flaws in open-iscsi. A local attacker could use these flaws to cause the server daemon to stop responding, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2007-3099, CVE-2007-3100. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux...

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 : freetype on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120410)

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. Multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled TrueType Font TTF, Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format BDF, Windows .fnt and .fon, and...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol XMPP protocol...

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 : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with...