Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20121012)

A flaw was found in the way BIND handled certain combinations of resource records. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a recursive resolver, or an authoritative server in certain configurations, to lockup. CVE-2012-5166 After installing the update, the BIND daemon named will be restart...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120925)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - An integer overflow flaw was found in the i915gemdoexecbuffer function in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel. A local, unprivileged user could use this...

Scientific Linux Security Update : yum-autoupdate update on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120925)

The Scientific Linux team was made aware of a problem with the use of temp files in the yum-autoupdate script by Elias Persson. The problem should be corrected in these packages. These packages also include some minor feature updates for each release. For SL5, the script now includes the 'PRERUN'...

bsd/x86 Ver. 8.x - Local Root Exploit

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Fedora 16 : rubygem-activesupport-3.0.10-4.fc16 (2012-11880)

Fixes for CVE-2012-3464. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dhcp on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120803)

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled...

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

CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way newt processes content that is to be displayed in a text dialog box. A local attacker could issue a specially crafted text dialog box display request direct or via a custom...

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

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey displayed certain web content. A malicious website could cause SeaMonkey to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2008-2785 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptiv...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cyrus-imapd on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL library cyrus-sasl does not always reliably terminate output from the saslencode64 function used by programs using this library. The Cyrus IMAP server cyrus-imapd relied on this function's output being properly terminated. Under certain conditions, improperly...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.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 with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2010-0174, CVE-2010-1200, CVE-2010-1211,...

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

The GNOME Display Manager GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching. A race condition flaw was found in the way GDM handled the cache directories used to store users' dmrc and face icon files. A local attacker could use this flaw to tri...

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

It was found that the MySQL PolyFromWKB function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary WKB data. A remote, authenticated attacker could use specially crafted WKB data to crash mysqld. This issue only caused a temporary denial of service, as mysqld was automatically restarted after the crash...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 4Suite on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-3720 expat: buffer over-read and crash on XML with malformed UTF-8 sequences A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way 4Suite's XML parser handles malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A specially crafted XML file could cause applications using the 4Suite library to cra...

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

The Apache HTTP Server did not verify that a process was an Apache child process before sending it signals. A local attacker with the ability to run scripts on the Apache HTTP Server could manipulate the scoreboard and cause arbitrary processes to be terminated which could lead to a denial of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : selinux-policy on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following bug : - Due to incorrect SELinux policy, cmirror was unable to start properly, and as a result, cluster mirrors could not be started at all. This error has been fixed, and SELinux no longer prevents cluster mirrors from being started. BZ644821 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - Information leak flaws were found in the Linux kernel Traffic Control Unit implementation. A local attacker could use these flaws to cause the kernel to leak kernel memory to user-space, possibly leading to the disclosure of sensitive informatio...

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

Will Drewry reported multiple flaws in the way libicu processed certain malformed regular expressions. If an application linked against ICU, such as OpenOffice.org, processed a carefully crafted regular expression, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the application...

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

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-4355 openssl significant memory leak in certain SSLv3 requests DoS It was found that the OpenSSL library did not properly re-initialize its internal state in the SSLlibraryinit function after previous calls to the...

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

A security flaw was found in the way flac processed audio data. An attacker could create a carefully crafted FLAC audio file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with flac libraries to crash or execute arbitrary code when it was opened. CVE-2007-4619 This update actually went o...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind for SL 3.0.x on i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-0696 bind: DoS assertion failure via nsupdate packets A flaw was found in the way BIND handles dynamic update message packets containing the 'ANY' record type. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted dynamic update packet that could cause named to exit with an...