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

Vincent Danen reported, that Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0897 did not properly address a denial of service flaw in the WEBrick Ruby HTTP server toolkit, known as CVE-2008-3656. This flaw allowed a remote attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP request to a WEBrick server that would caus...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dbus on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

A denial of service flaw was discovered in the system for sending messages between applications. A local user could send a message with an excessive number of nested variants to the system-wide message bus, causing the message bus and, consequently, any process using libdbus to receive messages t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rdesktop on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

A directory traversal flaw was found in the way rdesktop shared a local path with a remote server. If a user connects to a malicious server with rdesktop, the server could use this flaw to cause rdesktop to read and write to arbitrary, local files accessible to the user running rdesktop...

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

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in KPDF. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause KPDF to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-3702 An array index error was found in the way KPDF parsed PostScript Type 1 fonts embedded in PDF...

Scientific Linux Security Update : shadow-utils on SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the useradd tool in shadow-utils. A new user's mailbox, when created, could have random permissions for a short period. This could allow a local attacker to read or modify the mailbox. CVE-2006-1174 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

This erratum blacklists a small number of HTTPS certificates. BZ689430 This update also fixes the following bug : - Previous security updates introduced a regression, preventing some Java content and plug-ins written in Java from loading. With this update, the Java content and plug-ins work as...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ipw3945 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

SL 5.x %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid60320; scriptversion"1.6"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate", value:"2021/01/14";...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL4.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 : tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent...

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

An array index error was found in the DeVice Independent DVI renderer's PK and VF font file parsers. A DVI file that references a specially crafted font file could, when opened, cause Evince to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Evince...

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

Thunderbird has had several important security updates. Thunderbird is no longer supported for Scientific Linux 3. This package essentually removes thunderbird from your system and replaces it with a script calling seamonkey -mail. This package will automatically pull in any seamonkey packages...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120507)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. A flaw was found in the way the php-cgi executable processed command line arguments when running in CGI mode. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a PHP script that would result in the que...

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

A flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP's slapd daemon handled malformed objectClasses LDAP attributes. An authenticated local or remote attacker could create an LDAP request which could cause a denial of service by crashing slapd. CVE-2007-5707 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. T...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rhn-client-tools on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that rhn-client-tools set insecure permissions on the loginAuth.pkl file, used to store session credentials for authenticating connections to servers. A local, unprivileged user could use these credentials to download packages they wouldn't normally have permission to download...

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

This release is corresponding with the kernel security update with the new 2.6.18-164 kernel. 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';...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xscreensaver on SL4 i386/x86_64

Alex Yamauchi discovered a flaw in the way XScreenSaver verifies user passwords. When a system is using a remote directory service for login credentials, a local attacker may be able to cause a network outage causing XScreenSaver to crash, unlocking the screen. CVE-2007-1859 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in poppler. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause applications that use poppler such as Evince to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-3702 An array index error was found in the way poppler...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos Authentication Service and Key Distribution Center server krb5kdc handled Kerberos v4 protocol packets. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the krb5kdc daemon, disclose portions of its memory, or possibly execute arbitrary...

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

CVE-2009-1891 httpd: possible temporary DoS CPU consumption in moddeflate CVE-2009-3094 httpd: NULL pointer defer in modproxyftp caused by crafted EPSV and PASV reply CVE-2009-3095 httpd: modproxyftp FTP command injection via Authorization HTTP header CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session...

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

A flaw was 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-2008-1380 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive tex...