Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150121) (FREAK)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the DTLS implementation of OpenSSL. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DTLS message, which would cause an OpenSSL server to crash. CVE-2014-3571 A memory leak flaw was found in the way the dtls1bufferrecord function of OpenSSL parsed...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150113)

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-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8639, CVE-2014-8641 It was found that the Beac...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150113)

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-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8639 It was found that the Beacon interface...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64 (20141218)

It was found that the wordexp function would perform command substitution even when the WRDENOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp function, and not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to execut...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ntp on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141220)

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in ntpd's cryptorecv, ctlputdata, and configure functions. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to send a specially crafted request packet that could crash ntpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ntp user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ntp on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141220)

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in ntpd's cryptorecv, ctlputdata, and configure functions. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to send a specially crafted request packet that could crash ntpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ntp user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : jasper on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141218)

Multiple off-by-one flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were 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-2014-9029 A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141217)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS segment register base switching when recovering from a SS stack segment fault on an erroneous return to user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2014-9322, Important The syste...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141216)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation handled malformed or duplicate Address Configuration Change Chunks ASCONF. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to crash the system. CVE-2014-3673, CVE-2014-3687, Important - A flaw was found in the way the Linux...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mailx on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141216)

A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141211)

Multiple integer overflow flaws and out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain X11 core protocol and GLX extension requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rpm on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141209)

It was found that RPM wrote file contents to the target installation directory under a temporary name, and verified its cryptographic signature only after the temporary file has been written completely. Under certain conditions, the system interprets the unverified temporary file contents and...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141212)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND followed DNS delegations. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted zone containing a large number of referrals which, when looked up and processed, would cause named to use excessive amounts of memory or crash. CVE-2014-8500 After installi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141211)

Multiple integer overflow flaws and out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain X11 core protocol and GLX extension requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141212)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND followed DNS delegations. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted zone containing a large number of referrals which, when looked up and processed, would cause named to use excessive amounts of memory or crash. CVE-2014-8500 After installi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rpm on SL7.x x86_64 (20141209)

It was found that RPM wrote file contents to the target installation directory under a temporary name, and verified its cryptographic signature only after the temporary file has been written completely. Under certain conditions, the system interprets the unverified temporary file contents and...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141202)

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-2014-1587, CVE-2014-1590, CVE-2014-1592, CVE-2014-1593 A flaw was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nss, nss-util, and nss-softokn on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141202) (POODLE)

This update adds support for the TLS Fallback Signaling Cipher Suite Value TLSFALLBACKSCSV, which can be used to prevent protocol downgrade attacks against applications which re-connect using a lower SSL/TLS protocol version when the initial connection indicating the highest supported protocol...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141202)

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-2014-1587, CVE-2014-1590, CVE-2014-1592, CVE-2014-1593 A...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wpa_supplicant on SL7.x x86_64 (20141203)

A command injection flaw was found in the way the wpacli utility executed action scripts. If wpacli was run in daemon mode to execute an action script specified using the -a command line option, and wpasupplicant was configured to connect to a P2P group, malicious P2P group parameters could cause...