Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL6.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...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba and samba3x on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140709)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the sysrecvfile function of nmbd, the NetBIOS message block daemon, processed non-blocking sockets. An attacker could send a specially crafted packet that, when processed, would cause nmbd to enter an infinite loop and consume an excessive amount of C...

Scientific Linux Security Update : lzo on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140709)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the lzo library decompressed certain archives compressed with the LZO algorithm. An attacker could create a specially crafted LZO-compressed input that, when decompressed by an application using the lzo library, would cause that application to crash o...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dovecot on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140625)

It was discovered that Dovecot did not properly discard connections trapped in the SSL/TLS handshake phase. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on an IMAP/POP3 server by exhausting the pool of available connections and preventing further, legitimate connections to t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mod_wsgi on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140625)

It was found that modwsgi did not properly drop privileges if the call to setuid failed. If modwsgi was set up to allow unprivileged users to run WSGI applications, a local user able to run a WSGI application could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2014-0240...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tzdata enhancement update on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140623)

This update adds the following enhancements : - Based on the official government announcement, Egypt's 2014 Ramadan-based transitions were updated to June 26 and July 31 at 24:00. - Morocco's Ramadan transitions were also updated to June 28 at 03:00 and August 2 at 02:00. This update has been...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140619)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled the requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance PI futexes. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2014-3153, Important A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's flopp...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140610)

Multiple buffer overflow, input validation, and out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way the virtio, virtio-net, virtio-scsi, and usb drivers of QEMU handled state loading after migration. A user able to alter the savevm data either on the disk or over the wire during migration could use...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python-jinja2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140611)

It was discovered that Jinja2 did not properly handle bytecode cache files stored in the system's temporary directory. A local attacker could use this flaw to alter the output of an application using Jinja2 and FileSystemBytecodeCache, and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140610)

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-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541 Note: All of the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140610)

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-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541 After installing the updat...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140610)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140605)

It was found that OpenSSL clients and servers could be forced, via a specially crafted handshake packet, to use weak keying material for communication. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to decrypt and modify traffic between a client and a server. CVE-2014-0224 Note: In order to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140605)

It was found that OpenSSL clients and servers could be forced, via a specially crafted handshake packet, to use weak keying material for communication. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to decrypt and modify traffic between a client and a server. CVE-2014-0224 Note: In order to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl097a and openssl098e on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140605)

It was found that OpenSSL clients and servers could be forced, via a specially crafted handshake packet, to use weak keying material for communication. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to decrypt and modify traffic between a client and a server. CVE-2014-0224 Note: In order to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : squid on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140603)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Squid processed certain HTTPS requests when the SSL Bump feature was enabled. A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests that could cause Squid to crash. CVE-2014-0128 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gnutls on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140603)

A flaw was found in the way GnuTLS parsed session IDs from ServerHello messages of the TLS/SSL handshake. A malicious server could use this flaw to send an excessively long session ID value, which would trigger a buffer overflow in a connecting TLS/SSL client application using GnuTLS, causing the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libtasn1 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140603)

It was discovered that the asn1getbitder function of the libtasn1 library incorrectly reported the length of ASN.1-encoded data. Specially crafted ASN.1 input could cause an application using libtasn1 to perform an out-of-bounds access operation, causing the application to crash or, possibly,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gnutls on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140603)

A flaw was found in the way GnuTLS parsed session IDs from ServerHello messages of the TLS/SSL handshake. A malicious server could use this flaw to send an excessively long session ID value, which would trigger a buffer overflow in a connecting TLS/SSL client application using GnuTLS, causing the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140527)

It was found that libvirt passes the XMLPARSENOENT flag when parsing XML documents using the libxml2 library, in which case all XML entities in the parsed documents are expanded. A user able to force libvirtd to parse an XML document with an entity pointing to a special file that blocks on read...