Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130610)

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the way KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine initialized a guest's registered pveoi paravirtualized end-of-interrupt indication flag when entering the guest. An unprivileged guest user could potentially use this flaw to crash the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : selinux-policy bug fix update on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130612)

This update fixes the following bug : - When using some versions of Quantum with netns support, SELinux denied various operations, which caused Quantum to fail. AVCs did not appear unless in permissive mode, due to a 'dontaudit' rule for these operations. With this update, SELinux no longer denie...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130603)

It was found that QEMU Guest Agent the 'qemu-ga' service created certain files with world-writable permissions when run in daemon mode the default mode. An unprivileged guest user could use this flaw to consume all free space on the partition containing the qemu-ga log file, or modify the content...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mesa on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130603)

It was found that Mesa did not correctly validate messages from the X server. A malicious X server could cause an application using Mesa to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. CVE-2013-1993 All running applications linked against...

Scientific Linux Security Update : selinux-policy enhancement update on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130603)

This update adds the following enhancements : Previously, the mysqldsafe script was unable to execute a shell /bin/sh with the shellexect SELinux security context. Consequently, the mysql55 and mariadb55 Software Collection packages were not working correctly. With this update, SELinux policy rul...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gnutls on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20130530)

It was discovered that the fix for the CVE-2013-1619 issue released via SLSA-2013:0588 introduced a regression in the way GnuTLS decrypted TLS/SSL encrypted records when CBC-mode cipher suites were used. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash a server or client application that...

Scientific Linux Security Update : haproxy on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130528)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way HAProxy handled pipelined HTTP requests. A remote attacker could send pipelined HTTP requests that would cause HAProxy to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running HAProxy. This issue only affected systems usi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130528)

A flaw was found in the way the tomcat5 init script handled the catalina.out log file. A malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to change the ownership of an arbitrary system file to that of the tomcat user, allowing them to escalate the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x (noarch) (20130528)

A flaw was found in the way the tomcat6 init script handled the tomcat6-initd.log log file. A malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to change the ownership of an arbitrary system file to that of the tomcat user, allowing them to escalat...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130521)

This update fixes the following security issue : - A flaw was found in the way the Xen hypervisor AMD IOMMU driver handled interrupt remapping entries. By default, a single interrupt remapping table is used, and old interrupt remapping entries are not cleared, potentially allowing a privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130516)

This update fixes the following security issue : - It was found that the Scientific Linux 6.1 kernel update SLSA-2011:0542 introduced an integer conversion issue in the Linux kernel's Performance Events implementation. This led to a user-supplied index into the perfsweventenabled array not being...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130516)

It was found that libvirtd leaked file descriptors when listing all volumes for a particular pool. A remote attacker able to establish a read- only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to cause libvirtd to consume all available file descriptors, preventing other users from using libvirtd...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130514)

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-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1674, CVE-2013-1675, CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130514)

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-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1674, CVE-2013-1675, CVE-2013-1676,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130513)

Cross-site scripting XSS flaws were found in the modproxybalancer module's manager web interface. If a remote attacker could trick a user, who was logged into the manager web interface, into visiting a specially- crafted URL, it would lead to arbitrary web script execution in the context of the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : hypervkvpd on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130509)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way hypervkvpd processed certain Netlink messages. A local, unprivileged user in a guest running on Microsoft Hyper-V could send a Netlink message that, when processed, would cause the guest's hypervkvpd daemon to exit. CVE-2012-5532 This update also fixe...

Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130425)

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. CVE-2012-5614, CVE-2013-1506, CVE-2013-1521, CVE-2013-1531, CVE-2013-1532, CVE-2013-1544, CVE-2013-1548, CVE-2013-1552, CVE-2013-1555, CVE-2013-2375, CVE-2013-2378, CVE-2013-2389, CVE-2013-2391, CVE-2013-2392 These updated...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130424)

It was found that getaddrinfo did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash. CVE-2013-1914 A flaw was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : curl on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130424)

A flaw was found in the way libcurl matched domains associated with cookies. This could lead to cURL or an application linked against libcurl sending the wrong cookie if only part of the domain name matched the domain associated with the cookie, disclosing the cookie to unrelated hosts...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130423)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel handled the allocation of the buffer used for relocation copies. A local user with console access could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their...