Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql55-mysql on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140522)

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. CVE-2014-2436, CVE-2014-2440, CVE-2014-0384, CVE-2014-2419, CVE-2014-2430, CVE-2014-2431,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140519)

It was discovered that libxml2 loaded external parameter entities even when entity substitution was disabled. A remote attacker able to provide a specially crafted XML file to an application linked against libxml2 could use this flaw to conduct XML External Entity XXE attacks, possibly resulting ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140507)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter connection tracking implementation for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP packets used the skbheaderpointer function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted DCCP packet to crash the system or, potentially,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : struts on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140507)

It was found that the Struts 1 ActionForm object allowed access to the 'class' parameter, which is directly mapped to the getClass method. A remote attacker could use this flaw to manipulate the ClassLoader used by an application server running Struts 1. This could lead to remote code execution...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140429)

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-2014-1518, CVE-2014-1524, CVE-2014-1529, CVE-2014-1531 A...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x (noarch) (20140423)

It was found that when Tomcat processed a series of HTTP requests in which at least one request contained either multiple content-length headers, or one content-length header with a chunked transfer-encoding header, Tomcat would incorrectly handle the request. A remote attacker could use this fla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140422)

Multiple integer overflow, input validation, logic error, and buffer overflow flaws were discovered in various QEMU block drivers. An attacker able to modify a disk image file loaded by a guest could use these flaws to crash the guest, or corrupt QEMU process memory on the host, potentially...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba4 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140409)

It was found that certain Samba configurations did not enforce the password lockout mechanism. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform password guessing attacks on Samba user accounts. Note: this flaw only affected Samba when deployed as a Primary Domain Controller. CVE-2013-4496 A flaw...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openafs on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140411)

An attacker with the ability to connect to an OpenAFS fileserver can trigger a buffer overflow, crashing the server. The GetStatistics64 remote procedure call RPC was introduced in OpenAFS 1.4.8 as part of the support for fileserver partitions larger than 2 TiB. The GetStatistics64 RPC is used by...

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

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled TLS and DTLS Heartbeat Extension packets. A malicious TLS or DTLS client or server could send a specially crafted TLS or DTLS Heartbeat packet to disclose a limited portion of memory per request from a connected client or server...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140403)

It was found that the moddav module did not correctly strip leading white space from certain elements in a parsed XML. In certain httpd configurations that use the moddav module for example when using the moddavsvn module, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted DAV request that would...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140403)

It was found that the moddav module did not correctly strip leading white space from certain elements in a parsed XML. In certain httpd configurations that use the moddav module for example when using the moddavsvn module, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted DAV request that would...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xalan-j2 on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140401)

It was found that the secure processing feature of Xalan-Java had insufficient restrictions defined for certain properties and features. A remote attacker able to provide Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations XSLT content to be processed by an application using Xalan-Java could use this...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140331)

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-2013-3559, CVE-2013-4083, CVE-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299 Several denial of service flaws...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140325)

A flaw was found in the way the getrxbufs function in the vhostnet implementation in the Linux kernel handled error conditions reported by the vhostgetvqdesc function. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the host. CVE-2014-0055, Important A flaw was found in the way the Linux...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba and samba3x on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140325)

It was found that certain Samba configurations did not enforce the password lockout mechanism. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform password guessing attacks on Samba user accounts. Note: this flaw only affected Samba when deployed as a Primary Domain Controller. CVE-2013-4496 A flaw...

Scientific Linux Security Update : net-snmp on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140324)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the decodeicmpmsg function in the ICMP-MIB implementation processed Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP message statistics reported in the /proc/net/snmp file. A remote attacker could send a message for each ICMP message type, which could potentially...

Scientific Linux Security Update : net-snmp on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140324)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way snmpd, the Net-SNMP daemon, handled subagent timeouts. A remote attacker able to trigger a subagent timeout could use this flaw to cause snmpd to loop infinitely or crash. CVE-2012-6151 A denial of service flaw was found in the way the snmptrapd...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140318)

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-2014-1493, CVE-2014-1510, CVE-2014-1511, CVE-2014-1512,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140318)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way PHP parsed floating point numbers from their text representation. If a PHP application converted untrusted input strings to numbers, an attacker able to provide such input could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with th...