Scientific Linux Security Update : openjpeg on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131217)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in OpenJPEG. An attacker could create a specially crafted OpenJPEG image that, when opened, could cause an application using openjpeg to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131212)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's TCP/IP protocol suite implementation handled sending of certain UDP packets over sockets that used the UDPCORK option when the UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO feature was enabled on the output device. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nss, nspr, and nss-util on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131212)

A flaw was found in the way NSS handled invalid handshake packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a TLS/SSL client using NSS to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. CVE-2013-5605 It was found that the fix for...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131211)

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618, CVE-2013-6671, CVE-2013-5613 A flaw was fou...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131211)

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to terminate unexpectedly or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 and php on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131211)

A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the opensslx509parse function of the PHP openssl extension parsed X.509 certificates. A remote attacker could use this flaw to provide a malicious self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by a trusted authority to a PHP application using the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba4 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131210)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the DCE-RPC client code in Samba. A specially crafted DCE-RPC packet could cause various Samba programs to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when parsed. A malicious or compromised Active Directory Domain Controller could use this flaw to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libjpeg on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20131210)

An uninitialized memory read issue was found in the way libjpeg decoded images with missing Start Of Scan SOS JPEG markers. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted JPEG image that, when decoded, could possibly lead to a disclosure of potentially sensitive information. CVE-2013-6629...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libjpeg-turbo on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131210)

An uninitialized memory read issue was found in the way libjpeg-turbo decoded images with missing Start Of Scan SOS JPEG markers or Define Huffman Table DHT JPEG markers. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted JPEG image that, when decoded, could possibly lead to a disclosure of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

A flaw was found in the way the X.org X11 server registered new hot plugged devices. If a local user switched to a different session and plugged in a new device, input from that device could become available in the previous session, possibly leading to information disclosure. CVE-2013-1940 This...

Scientific Linux Security Update : coreutils on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

It was discovered that the sort, uniq, and join utilities did not properly restrict the use of the alloca function. An attacker could use this flaw to crash those utilities by providing long input strings. CVE-2013-0221, CVE-2013-0222, CVE-2013-0223 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : busybox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

It was found that the mdev BusyBox utility could create certain directories within /dev with world-writable permissions. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to manipulate portions of the /dev directory tree. CVE-2013-1813 This update also fixes the following bugs : - Previously, due to ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way QEMU processed the SCSI 'REPORT LUNS' command when more than 256 LUNs were specified for a single SCSI target. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to corrupt QEMU process memory on the host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mod_nss on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131203)

A flaw was found in the way modnss handled the NSSVerifyClient setting for the per-directory context. When configured to not require a client certificate for the initial connection and only require it for a specific directory, modnss failed to enforce this requirement and allowed a client to acce...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20131205)

A flaw was found in the way NSS handled invalid handshake packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a TLS/SSL client using NSS to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. CVE-2013-5605 It was found that the fix for...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gimp on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131203)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw, a heap-based buffer overflow, and an integer overflow flaw were found in the way GIMP loaded certain X Window System XWD image dump files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XWD image file that, when processed, would cause the XWD plug-in to...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20131205)

An information leak flaw was found in the way the Xen hypervisor handled error conditions when reading guest memory during certain guest-originated operations, such as port or memory mapped I/O writes. A privileged user in a fully-virtualized guest could use this flaw to leak hypervisor stack...

Scientific Linux Security Update : RDMA stack on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

A flaw was found in the way ibutils handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause arbitrary files to be overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack. CVE-2013-2561 It was discovered that librdmacm used a static port to connect to the ibacm service. A local...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dracut on SL6.x (noarch) (20131121)

It was discovered that dracut created initramfs images as world readable. A local user could possibly use this flaw to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as iSCSI authentication passwords, encrypted root file system crypttab passwords, or other information. CVE-2012-4453...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba4 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Samba handled an Extended Attribute EA list provided by a client. A malicious client could send a specially crafted EA list that triggered an overflow, causing the server to loop and reprocess the list using an excessive amount of memory. CVE-2013-412...