Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20150407)

It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150401)

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2015-0813, CVE-2015-0815, CVE-2015-0801 A flaw was found i...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150401)

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-2015-0813, CVE-2015-0815, CVE-2015-0801 A flaw was found in the wa...

Scientific Linux Security Update : flac on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150401)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way flac decoded FLAC audio files. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash or execute arbitrary code when the file was read. CVE-2014-9028 A buffer over-read flaw was found...

Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150330)

An information leak flaw was found in the way the PostgreSQL database server handled certain error messages. An authenticated database user could possibly obtain the results of a query they did not have privileges to execute by observing the constraint violation error messages produced when the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL7.x x86_64 (20150330)

It was discovered that libxml2 loaded external parameter entities even when entity substitution was disabled. A remote attacker able to provide a specially crafted XML file to an application linked against libxml2 could use this flaw to conduct XML External Entity XXE attacks, possibly resulting ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ipa and slapi-nis on SL7.x x86_64 (20150326)

The ipa component provides centrally managed Identity, Policy, and Audit. The slapi-nis component provides NIS Server and Schema Compatibility plug- ins for Directory Server. It was discovered that the IPA extdom Directory Server plug-in did not correctly perform memory reallocation when handling...

Scientific Linux Security Update : setroubleshoot on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150326)

It was found that setroubleshoot did not sanitize file names supplied in a shell command look-up for RPMs associated with access violation reports. An attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system by supplying a specially crafted file to the underlying shell command...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

A buffer overflow was found in the KADM5 administration server kadmind when it was used with an LDAP back end for the KDC database. A remote, authenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system running kadmind. CVE-2014-4345 A use-after-free flaw was fou...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150318)

Multiple integer overflow flaws and an integer signedness flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way FreeType handled Mac fonts. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150324)

Two 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-2015-0817, CVE-2015-0818 After installing the update, Firefox must be...

Scientific Linux Security Update : GNOME Shell on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

It was found that the GNOME shell did not disable the Print Screen key when the screen was locked. This could allow an attacker with physical access to a system with a locked screen to crash the screen-locking application by creating a large amount of screenshots. CVE-2014-7300 This update also...

Scientific Linux Security Update : hivex on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

It was found that hivex attempted to read 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 possibly use this fla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pcre on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

A flaw was found in the way PCRE handled certain malformed regular expressions. This issue could cause an application for example, Konqueror linked against PCRE to crash while parsing malicious regular expressions. CVE-2014-8964 This update also adds the following enhancement : - Support for the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was found that the file...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL7.x x86_64 (20150324)

An invalid pointer use flaw was found in OpenSSL's ASN1TYPEcmp function. A remote attacker could crash a TLS/SSL client or server using OpenSSL via a specially crafted X.509 certificate when the attacker- supplied certificate was verified by the application. CVE-2015-0286 An integer underflow fla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssh on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

It was discovered that OpenSSH clients did not correctly verify DNS SSHFP records. A malicious server could use this flaw to force a connecting client to skip the DNS SSHFP record check and require the user to perform manual host verification of the DNS SSHFP record. CVE-2014-2653 It was found th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ipa on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

Two cross-site scripting XSS flaws were found in jQuery, which impacted the Identity Management web administrative interface, and could allow an authenticated user to inject arbitrary HTML or web script into the interface. CVE-2010-5312, CVE-2012-6662 Note: The IdM version provided by this update...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libreoffice on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

It was found that LibreOffice documents executed macros unconditionally, without user approval, when these documents were opened using LibreOffice. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running LibreOffice by embedding malicious VBA scripts in the document as macro...