Scientific Linux Security Update : sqlite on SL7.x x86_64 (20150817)

A flaw was found in the way SQLite handled dequoting of collation-sequence names. A local attacker could submit a specially crafted COLLATE statement that would crash the SQLite process, or have other unspecified impacts. CVE-2015-3414 It was found that SQLite's sqlite3VdbeExec function did not...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150811)

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 the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4475, CVE-2015-4478, CVE-2015-4479,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-2189,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pki-core on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were discovered in the Red Hat Certificate System Agent and End Entity pages. An attacker could use these flaws to perform a cross-site scripting XSS attack against victims using the Certificate System's web interface. CVE-2012-2662 This update also fixes the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libuser on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150723)

Two flaws were found in the way the libuser library handled the /etc/passwd file. A local attacker could use an application compiled against libuser for example, userhelper to manipulate the /etc/passwd file, which could result in a denial of service or possibly allow the attacker to escalate the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : grep on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way grep parsed large lines of data. An attacker able to trick a user into running grep on a specially crafted data file could use this flaw to crash grep or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privilege...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

A flaw was found in the way BIND performed DNSSEC validation. An attacker able to make BIND functioning as a DNS resolver with DNSSEC validation enabled resolve a name in an attacker-controlled domain could cause named to exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure. CVE-2015-4620 After installing...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150729)

A flaw was found in the way BIND handled requests for TKEY DNS resource records. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named functioning as an authoritative DNS server or a DNS resolver exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS request packet. CVE-2015-5477...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libreoffice on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

A flaw was found in the way the LibreOffice HWP Hangul Word Processor file filter processed certain HWP documents. An attacker able to trick a user into opening a specially crafted HWP document could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening that...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ipa on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

Note: The IdM version provided by this update no longer uses jQuery. Bug fixes : - The ipa-server-install, ipa-replica-install, and ipa-client-install utilities are not supported on machines running in FIPS-140 mode. Previously, IdM did not warn users about this. Now, IdM does not allow running t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

It was discovered that sudo did not perform any checks of the TZ environment variable value. If sudo was configured to preserve the TZ environment variable, a local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could possibly use this flaw to achieve system state changes not permitted by the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : hivex on SL6.x x86_64 (20150722)

It was found that hivex attempted to read, and possibly write, beyond its allocated buffer when reading a hive file with a very small size or with a truncated or improperly formatted content. An attacker able to supply a specially crafted hive file to an application using the hivex library could...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gnutls on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

It was found that GnuTLS did not check activation and expiration dates of CA certificates. This could cause an application using GnuTLS to incorrectly accept a certificate as valid when its issuing CA is already expired. CVE-2014-8155 It was found that GnuTLS did not verify whether a hashing...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the libxml2 library parsed certain XML files. An attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when parsed by an application using libxml2, could cause that application to use an excessive amount of memory. CVE-2015-1819 This issue was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python on 6.x i686/x86_64 (2015:1330)

The remote Scientific Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SLSA-2015:1330-1 advisory. - Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrominto function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wpa_supplicant on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)

An integer underflow flaw, leading to a buffer over-read, was found in the way wpasupplicant handled WMM Action frames. A specially crafted frame could possibly allow an attacker within Wi-Fi radio range to cause wpasupplicant to crash. CVE-2015-4142 This update includes the following enhancement...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150730) (Bar Mitzvah) (Logjam)

Multiple flaws were discovered in the 2D, CORBA, JMX, Libraries and RMI components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2015-4760, CVE-2015-2628, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733 A flaw was fou...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openafs on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150730)

All server platforms Fix for CVE-2015-3282: vos leaks stack data onto the wire in the clear when creating vldb entries Workaround for CVE-2015-3283: bos commands can be spoofed, including some which alter server state Disabled searching the VLDB by volume name regular expression to avoid possible...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20150729)

A flaw was found in the way BIND handled requests for TKEY DNS resource records. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named functioning as an authoritative DNS server or a DNS resolver exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS request packet. CVE-2015-5477...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20150729)

A flaw was found in the way BIND handled requests for TKEY DNS resource records. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named functioning as an authoritative DNS server or a DNS resolver exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS request packet. CVE-2015-5477...