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...

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

It was found that QEMU's qemuDomainMigratePerform and qemuDomainMigrateFinish2 functions did not correctly perform a domain unlock on a failed ACL check. A remote attacker able to establish a connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to lock a domain of a more privileged user, causing a denial o...

Scientific Linux Security Update : virt-who on SL7.x (noarch) (20150305)

It was discovered that the /etc/sysconfig/virt-who configuration file, which may contain hypervisor authentication credentials, was world- readable. A local user could use this flaw to obtain authentication credentials from this file. CVE-2014-0189 The virt-who package has been upgraded to upstre...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150311)

A flaw was found in the way BIND handled trust anchor management. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the BIND daemon named to crash under certain conditions. CVE-2015-1349 After installing the update, the BIND daemon named will be restarted automatically. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 389-ds-base on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150305)

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way the 389 Directory Server stored information in the Changelog that is exposed via the 'cn=changelog' LDAP sub-tree. An unauthenticated user could in certain cases use this flaw to read data from the Changelog, which could include sensitive...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150225)

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-2015-0836, CVE-2015-0831, CVE-2015-0827 An information leak flaw w...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL7.x x86_64 (20150223)

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the Samba daemon smbd. A malicious Samba client could send specially crafted netlogon packets that, when processed by smbd, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running smbd by default, the root user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba4 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150223)

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the Samba daemon smbd. A malicious Samba client could send specially crafted netlogon packets that, when processed by smbd, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running smbd by default, the root user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150223)

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the Samba daemon smbd. A malicious Samba client could send specially crafted netlogon packets that, when processed by smbd, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running smbd by default, the root user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL5.x i386 (20150223)

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the Samba daemon smbd. A malicious Samba client could send specially crafted netlogon packets that, when processed by smbd, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running smbd by default, the root user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : subversion on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150210)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the moddavsvn module handled REPORT requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use a specially crafted REPORT request to crash moddavsvn. CVE-2014-3580 It was discovered that Subversion clients retrieved cached authentication credential...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20150210)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's splice system call validated its parameters. On certain file systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to write past the maximum file size, and thus crash the system. CVE-2014-7822, Moderate This update also fixes the following bugs : -...

Scientific Linux Security Update : subversion on SL7.x x86_64 (20150210)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the moddavsvn module handled REPORT requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use a specially crafted REPORT request to crash moddavsvn. CVE-2014-3580 A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the moddavsvn module handled...

Scientific Linux Security Update : shim on SL7.x x86_64 (20141104)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found the way shim parsed certain IPv6 addresses. If IPv6 network booting was enabled, a malicious server could supply a crafted IPv6 address that would cause shim to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-3676 An out-of-bounds memory write...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mariadb on SL7.x x86_64 (20150203)

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server.CVE-2015-0381, CVE-2015-0382, CVE-2015-0391, CVE-2015-0411, CVE-2015-0432, CVE-2014-6568, CVE-2015-0374 After installing this update, the MariaDB server daemon mysqld will be restarted automatically. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20150127)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation validated INIT chunks when performing Address Configuration Change ASCONF. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on the system...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libyaml on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150128)

An assertion failure was found in the way the libyaml library parsed wrapped strings. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input into an application using libyaml could cause the application to crash. CVE-2014-9130 All running applications linked against the libyaml library must be...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20150127) (GHOST)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's nsshostnamedigitsdots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150127) (GHOST)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's nsshostnamedigitsdots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : jasper on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150122)

An off-by-one flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-8157 An unrestricted stack memory use flaw was found in...