Scientific Linux Security Update : openafs on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This release is corresponding with the kernel security update with the new 2.6.18-164 kernel. We have build new kernel modules for all the kernels we have released. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

Scientific Linux Security Update : poppler on SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-3608 xpdf/poppler: integer overflow in ObjectStream::ObjectStream oCERT-2009-016 CVE-2009-3609 xpdf/poppler: ImageStream::ImageStream integer overflow CVE-2009-3603 xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap integer overflow Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in poppler. An attacke...

Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey displayed certain web content. A malicious website could cause SeaMonkey to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2008-2785 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptiv...

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

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way the Pidgin Yahoo! Messenger Protocol plug-in handled malformed YMSG packets. A remote attacker could us...

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

NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired or wireless network connection active at all times. It was found that NetworkManager did not properly enforce PolicyKit settings controlling the permissions to configure wireless network sharing. A local, unprivileged user cou...

Scientific Linux Security Update : postfix on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent MTA, supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH SASL, and TLS. A heap-based buffer over-read flaw was found in the way Postfix performed SASL handlers management for SMTP sessions, when Cyrus SASL authentication was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : selinux-policy on SL6.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following bug : - When running a KDE session on a virtual machine with SELinux in enforcing mode, the session was not locked as expected when the SPICE console was closed. This update adds necessary SELinux rules which ensure that the user's session is properly locked under...

Scientific Linux Security Update : selinux-policy on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following bug : - Due to incorrect SELinux policy, cmirror was unable to start properly, and as a result, cluster mirrors could not be started at all. This error has been fixed, and SELinux no longer prevents cluster mirrors from being started. BZ644821 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

The Apache HTTP Server did not verify that a process was an Apache child process before sending it signals. A local attacker with the ability to run scripts on the Apache HTTP Server could manipulate the scoreboard and cause arbitrary processes to be terminated which could lead to a denial of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cups on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the CUPS server parsed Internet Printing Protocol IPP packets. A malicious user able to send IPP requests to the CUPS server could use this flaw to crash the CUPS server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the CUPS server...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind for SL 5.x on i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-0696 bind: DoS assertion failure via nsupdate packets A flaw was found in the way BIND handles dynamic update message packets containing the 'ANY' record type. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted dynamic update packet that could cause named to exit with an...

Scientific Linux Security Update : subversion on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the moddavsvn module processed certain requests to lock working copy paths in a repository. A remote attacker could issue a lock request that could cause the httpd process serving the request to crash. CVE-2011-0715 This update also fixes the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openoffice.org on SL4.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2950 openoffice.org: GIF file parsing heap overflow CVE-2009-2949 openoffice.org: integer overflow in XPM processing CVE-2009-3301 OpenOffice.org Word sprmTDefTable Memory Corruption CVE-2009-3302 OpenOffice.org Word sprmTSetBrc Memory Corruption An integer overflow flaw, leading to a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120618)

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. A denial of service flaw was found in the implementation of associative arrays dictionaries in Python. An attacker able to supply a large number of inputs to a Python application such as HTTP POST request parameters sent...

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

A race condition flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Document Object Model DOM element properties. Malicious HTML content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2010-3765 Several flaws were found in the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rpm on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that RPM did not remove setuid and setgid bits set on binaries when upgrading packages. A local attacker able to create hard links to binaries could use this flaw to keep those binaries on the system, at a specific version level and with the setuid or setgid bit set, even if the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain malformed HTML mail content. A HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl097a on SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session renegotiation A flaw was found in the way the TLS/SSL Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer protocols handled session renegotiation. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to prefix arbitrary plain text to a client's session for exampl...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tzdata on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

This updated package addresses the following changes to Daylight Saving Time DST observations : - Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00. - Tunisia will not observe DST this year. - Syria started DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year. - Cuba started DST at midnight between...

Scientific Linux Security Update : compiz on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Most screen savers create a top-level fullscreen window to cover the desktop, and grab the input with that window. Compiz has an option to un-redirect that window, but in some cases, this breaks the grab and compromises the locked screen. CVE-2007-3920 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...