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

A flaw was found in the way NSS parsed ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One input from certain RSA signatures. A remote attacker could use this flaw to forge RSA certificates by providing a specially crafted signature to an application using NSS. CVE-2014-1568 After installing this update,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bash on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140924) (Shellshock)

A flaw was found in the way Bash evaluated certain specially crafted environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Certain services and applications allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide environment...

Scientific Linux Security Update : axis on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140915)

It was discovered that Axis incorrectly extracted the host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name CN field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. CVE-2014-3596 Applications using Apache Axis must be...

Scientific Linux Security Update : procmail on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140910)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility. A remote attacker could send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed by formail, could cause procmail to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running formail. CVE-2014-3618...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140909)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled reference counting when requeuing futexes during futexwait. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to zero out the reference counter of an inode or an mm struct that backs up the memory area of the futex, which could...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140903)

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-2014-1562, CVE-2014-1567 After installing the update, Firefox must...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140903)

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's system call auditing implementation. On a system with existing audit rules defined, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel memory to user space or, potentially, crash the system. CVE-2014-3917, Moderate...

Scientific Linux Security Update : squid on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140903)

A flaw was found in the way Squid handled malformed HTTP Range headers. A remote attacker able to send HTTP requests to the Squid proxy could use this flaw to crash Squid. CVE-2014-3609 A buffer overflow flaw was found in Squid's DNS lookup module. A remote attacker able to send HTTP requests to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140813)

It was discovered that the OBJobj2txt function could fail to properly NUL-terminate its output. This could possibly cause an application using OpenSSL functions to format fields of X.509 certificates to disclose portions of its memory. CVE-2014-3508 Multiple flaws were discovered in the way OpenS...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140813)

A race condition was found in the way OpenSSL handled ServerHello messages with an included Supported EC Point Format extension. A malicious server could possibly use this flaw to cause a multi-threaded TLS/SSL client using OpenSSL to write into freed memory, causing the client to crash or execut...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x (noarch) (20140811)

It was found that several application-provided XML files, such as web.xml, content.xml, .tld, .tagx, and .jspx, resolved external entities, permitting XML External Entity XXE attacks. An attacker able to deploy malicious applications to Tomcat could use this flaw to circumvent security restrictio...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 389-ds-base on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140807)

It was found that when replication was enabled for each attribute in 389 Directory Server, which is the default configuration, the server returned replicated metadata when the directory was searched while debugging was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to disclose potentially sensiti...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 and php on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140806)

Multiple denial of service flaws were found in the way the File Information fileinfo extension parsed certain Composite Document Format CDF files. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted CDF file. CVE-2014-0237,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba4 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140805)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Samba's NetBIOS message block daemon nmbd. An attacker on the local network could use this flaw to send specially crafted packets that, when processed by nmbd, could possibly lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges. CVE-2014-3560 After...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140722)

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-2014-1547, CVE-2014-1555, CVE-2014-1556, CVE-2014-1557 After...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140723)

A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was found in the modstatus httpd module. A remote attacker able to access a status page served by modstatus on a server using a threaded Multi-Processing Module MPM could send a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd chi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140722)

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-2014-1547, CVE-2014-1555, CVE-2014-1556, CVE-2014-1557 Not...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140722)

A race condition was found in the way NSS verified certain certificates. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using NSS or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that application. CVE-2014-1544 After installing this update, applications...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140721)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component in OpenJDK did not properly verify bytecode from the class files. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219 A format string flaw was discovered in the Hotspo...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140716)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component in OpenJDK did not properly verify bytecode from the class files. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219 A format string flaw was discovered in the Hotspo...