Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120607)

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

The tzdata package contains data files with rules for various time zones around the world. This updated package addresses the following changes to Daylight Saving Time DST observations and to time zones : - Bangladesh changed their clock back to Standard Time on December 31, 2009. BZ550570,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : selinux-policy on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120307)

This update fixes the following bugs : - An incorrect SELinux policy prevented the qpidd service from connecting to the AMQP Advanced Message Queuing Protocol port when the qpidd daemon was configured with Corosync clustering. These selinux-policy packages contain updated SELinux rules, which all...

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

This release is corresponding with the SL 5.5 update. We have build new kernel modules for all the kernels we have released. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a trusted third- party, the Key Distribution Center KDC. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the MIT krb5 telnet daemon telnetd. A remote attacker who can acce...

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

A flaw was found in the way BIND generates outbound DNS query ids. If an attacker is able to acquire a finite set of query IDs, it becomes possible to accurately predict future query IDs. Future query ID prediction may allow an attacker to conduct a DNS cache poisoning attack, which can result in...

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

Several flaws were found in the way libvorbis processed audio data. An attacker could create a carefully crafted OGG audio file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libvorbis to crash or execute arbitrary code when it was opened. CVE-2007-3106, CVE-2007-4029, CVE-2007-4065...

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

In Scientific Linux 5, the Ekiga application uses opal. A flaw was discovered in the way opal handled certain Session Initiation Protocol SIP packets. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application, such as Ekiga, which is linked with opal. CVE-2007-4924 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

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

An integer truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the OpenOffice.org Impress presentation application sanitized a file's dictionary property items. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when...

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

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the way poppler displayed malformed fonts embedded in PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use poppler -- such as Evince -- to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2008-1693...

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

CVE-2009-2694 pidgin: insufficient input validation in msnslplinkprocessmsg Federico Muttis of Core Security Technologies discovered a flaw in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler. If a user received a malicious MSN message, it was possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user...

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

It was discovered that the glibc dynamic linker/loader did not handle the $ORIGIN dynamic string token set in the LDAUDIT environment variable securely. A local attacker with write access to a file system containing setuid or setgid binaries could use this flaw to escalate their privileges...

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

An off-by-one overflow flaw was found in the way apr-util processed a variable list of arguments. An attacker could provide a specially crafted string as input for the formatted output conversion routine, which could, on big-endian platforms, potentially lead to the disclosure of sensitive...

Scientific Linux Security Update : perl-Net-DNS on SL3.0.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way Net::DNS generated the ID field in a DNS query. This predictable ID field could be used by a remote attacker to return invalid DNS data. CVE-2007-3377 A denial of service flaw was found in the way Net::DNS parsed certain DNS requests. A malformed response to a DNS...

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 as the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2008-0017, CVE-2008-5013, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-4226 A denial of service...

Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on on SL3.0.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL allows authenticated users to execute security-definer functions. It was possible for an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the security-definer function. CVE-2007-2138 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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

CVE-2009-2964 squirrelmail: CSRF issues in all forms Form submissions in SquirrelMail did not implement protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF attacks. If a remote attacker tricked a user into visiting a malicious web page, the attacker could hijack that user's authentication, inject...

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

A flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP handled authentication failures being passed from an OpenLDAP slave to the master. If OpenLDAP was configured with a chain overlay and it forwarded authentication failures, OpenLDAP would bind to the directory as an anonymous user and return success, rather th...

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

In configurations where the ignoredot option was set to off the default is on for the Scientific Linux 5 sudo package, a local user authorized to use the sudoedit pseudo-command could possibly run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the users sudoedit was authorized to run as. CVE-2010-1163...