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 : libtasn1 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120327)

libtasn1 is a library developed for ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One structures management that includes DER Distinguished Encoding Rules encoding and decoding. A flaw was found in the way libtasn1 decoded DER data. An attacker could create carefully-crafted DER encoded input such as an X.509...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in sctppacketconfig in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3432, Important - A missing integer overflow check...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120612)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - It was found that the Xen hypervisor implementation as shipped with Scientific Linux 5 did not properly restrict the syscall return addresses in the sysret...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120618)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drmmodedirtyfbioctl to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. CVE-2012-0044,...

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

CVE-2009-2692 kernel: uninit op in SOCKOPSWRAP leads to privesc CVE-2009-2698 kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference These updated packages fix the following security issues : - a flaw was found in the SOCKOPSWRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in...

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

This update fixes the following security issue : - The compatallocuserspace function in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer implementation was missing sanity checks. This function could be abused in other areas of the Linux kernel if its length argument can be controlled from user-spac...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120424)

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols, as well as a full-strength, general purpose cryptography library. Multiple numeric conversion errors, leading to a buffer overflow, were found in the way OpenSSL parsed ASN.1...

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

CVE-2009-3547 kernel: fs: pipe.c NULL pointer dereference This update fixes the following security issues : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in each of the following functions in the Linux kernel: pipereadopen, pipewriteopen, and piperdwropen. When the mutex lock is not held, the ipipe...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - multiple flaws were found in the mmap and mremap implementations. A local user could use these flaws to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-0291, Important - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Fas...

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

It was found that the xctrybzip2decode and xctrylzmadecode decode routines did not correctly check for a possible buffer size overflow in the decoding loop. As well, several integer overflow flaws and missing error/range checking were found that could lead to an infinite loop. A privileged guest...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120306)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names. A local, unprivileged...

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

It was discovered that the last dbus security update did not correctly fix the denial of service flaw in the system for sending messages between applications. A local user could use this flaw to send a message with a malformed signature to the bus, causing the bus and, consequently, any process...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A missing boundary check was found in the dvbcaioctl function in the Linux kernel's av7110 module. On systems that use old DVB cards that require the av7110 module, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or...

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

These updated packages fix the following security issues : - the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the iosubmitone function in the Linux kernel asynchronous I/O implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3066, Moderate - A flaw was found in...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collector for AFUNIX sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service out-of-memory condition. CVE-2010-4249, Moderate - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's...

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

A race condition flaw was found in the PolicyKit pkexec utility and polkitd daemon. A local user could use this flaw to appear as a privileged user to pkexec, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as root by running those commands with pkexec. CVE-2011-1485 The system must be rebooted for...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the loadmixervolumes function in the Linux kernel's Open Sound System OSS sound driver. On 64-bit PowerPC systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - Missing sanity checks in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel could allow a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-2962, Important - compatallocuserspace in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer...