Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141015)

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-2014-1574, CVE-2014-1578, CVE-2014-1581, CVE-2014-1576,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cups on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141014)

A cross-site scripting XSS flaw was found in the CUPS web interface. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a cross-site scripting attack against users of the CUPS web interface. CVE-2014-2856 It was discovered that CUPS allowed certain users to create symbolic links in certain directories...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141030)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Exif extension. A specially crafted JPEG or TIFF file could cause a PHP application using the exifthumbnail function to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application. CVE-2014-3670 An integer overflo...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141016)

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption denial of service bas...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141015)

Multiple flaws were discovered in the Libraries, 2D, and Hotspot components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6519 It was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141021)

Multiple flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. CVE-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432 Several denial of service flaws...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rsyslog5 and rsyslog on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141020)

A flaw was found in the way rsyslog handled invalid log message priority values. In certain configurations, a local attacker, or a remote attacker able to connect to the rsyslog port, could use this flaw to crash the rsyslog daemon. CVE-2014-3634 After installing the update, the rsyslog service...

Scientific Linux Security Update : trousers on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141014)

A flaw was found in the way tcsd, the daemon that manages Trusted Computing resources, processed incoming TCP packets. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted TCP packet that, when processed by tcsd, could cause the daemon to crash. Note that by default tcsd accepts requests on localhost...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141021)

Multiple flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. CVE-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432 Several denial of service flaws...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 (20141020)

An information leak flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator accessed frame buffer memory for high resolution displays. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to leak memory contents of the host to the guest by setting the display to use a high resolution in the guest. CVE-2014-3615 Thi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20141016) (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 : openssl on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141016) (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 : rsyslog on SL7.x x86_64 (20141013)

A flaw was found in the way rsyslog handled invalid log message priority values. In certain configurations, a local attacker, or a remote attacker able to connect to the rsyslog port, could use this flaw to crash the rsyslog daemon or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140916)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled queries for NSEC3-signed zones. A remote attacker could use this flaw against an authoritative name server that served NCES3-signed zones by sending a specially crafted query, which, when processed, would cause named to crash. CVE-2014-05...

Scientific Linux Security Update : conga on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140916)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly protect the administrator interface control panel. A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject a specially crafted Python statement or script into Plone's restricted Python sandbox that, when the administrator interfac...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140916)

It was found that if a KDC served multiple realms, certain requests could cause the setupserverrealm function to dereference a NULL pointer. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC using a specially crafted request. CVE-2013-1418, CVE-2013-6800 A NULL pointer...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 and php on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140930)

It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-1571 was incomplete; the File Information fileinfo extension did not correctly parse certain Composite Document Format CDF files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted CDF file. CVE-2014-3587 ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xerces-j2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140929)

A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an...

Scientific Linux Security Update : automake on SL5.x (noarch) (20140916)

It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running 'make distcheck'. CVE-2012-3386...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bash on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140926) (Shellshock)

It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-6271 was incomplete, and Bash still allowed certain characters to be injected into other environments via specially crafted environment variables. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell...