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

Automake-generated Makefiles made certain directories world-writable when preparing source archives, as was recommended by the GNU Coding Standards. If a malicious, local user could access the directory where a victim was creating distribution archives, they could use this flaw to modify the file...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python-sqlalchemy on SL6.x (20120307)

SQLAlchemy is an Object Relational Mapper ORM that provides a flexible, high-level interface to SQL databases. It was discovered that SQLAlchemy did not sanitize values for the limit and offset keywords for SQL select statements. If an application using SQLAlchemy accepted values for these...

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

It was discovered that certain sblim libraries had an RPATH runtime library search path set in the ELF Executable and Linking Format header. This RPATH pointed to a sub-directory of a world-writable, temporary directory. A local user could create a file with the same name as a library required by...

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

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in the way Python's pcre module handled certain regular expressions. If a Python application used the pcre module to compile and execute untrusted regular expressions, it may be possible to cause the application to crash, or allow arbitrary code execution...

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

The Speex library was found to not properly validate input values read from the Speex files headers. An attacker could create a malicious Speex file that would crash an application or, possibly, allow arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the application calling the Speex library...

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

An algorithmic complexity weakness was found in the way the mcstrans daemon handled ranges of compartments in sensitivity labels. A local user could trigger this flaw causing mctransd to temporarily stop responding to other requests; a partial denial of service. CVE-2007-4570 This update also fix...

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

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP slapd daemon processed certain network messages. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted request that would crash the slapd daemon. CVE-2008-2952 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

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

A flaw was found in the way sudo handled the presence of duplicated environment variables. A local user authorized to run commands using sudo could use this flaw to set additional values for the environment variables set by sudo, which could result in those values being used by the executed comma...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.x x86_64

A flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM handled the reloading of fs and gs segment registers when they had invalid selectors. A privileged host user with access to '/dev/kvm' could use this flaw to crash the host denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 The following procedure must be performed before this...

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

Several flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark if it read a malformed packet off the network. CVE-2007-6112, CVE-2007-6114, CVE-2007-6115, CVE-2007-6117 Several denial of service bugs were found in Wireshark. Wireshark...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 389-ds-base on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)

The 389 Directory Server is an LDAPv3 compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP server and command-line utilities for server administration. A flaw was found in the way the 389 Directory Server daemon ns-slapd handled access control instructions AC...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cyrus-imapd on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL library cyrus-sasl does not always reliably terminate output from the saslencode64 function used by programs using this library. The Cyrus IMAP server cyrus-imapd relied on this function's output being properly terminated. Under certain conditions, improperly...

Scientific Linux Security Update : evolution28-pango on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Pango is a library used for the layout and rendering of internationalized text. A buffer overflow flaw was found in HarfBuzz, an OpenType text shaping engine used in Pango. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application that uses Pango, it could cause the application to crash...

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

CVE-2009-0791 xpdf: multiple integer overflows CVE-2009-1188 xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap integer overflow CVE-2009-3608 xpdf/poppler: integer overflow in ObjectStream::ObjectStream oCERT-2009-016 CVE-2009-3606 xpdf/poppler: PSOutputDev::doImageL1Sep integer overflow CVE-2009-3609 xpdf/poppler:...

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

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. An input sanitization flaw was found in the way the AOL Open System for Communication in Realtime OSCAR protocol plug-in in Pidgin, used by the AOL ICQ and AIM insta...

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

A race condition flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Document Object Model DOM element properties. 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-2010-3765 After installing the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the MIT Kerberos Generic Security Service Application Program Interface GSS-API library. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash any server application using the GSS-API authentication mechanism, by sending a specially crafte...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind-dyndb-ldap on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120521)

The dynamic LDAP back end is a plug-in for BIND that provides back-end capabilities to LDAP databases. It features support for dynamic updates and internal caching that help to reduce the load on LDAP servers. A flaw was found in the way bind-dyndb-ldap handled LDAP query errors. If a remote...

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

cpuspeed was moved to the security errata from the fastbugs errata because the latest kernel security update depends on it. This package adds the following enhancements : - Userspace needed to support the loading of the new Powernow-k8 module that has changed from being built in. By rectifying th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : yum-rhn-plugin on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that yum-rhn-plugin did not verify the SSL certificate for all communication with a Red Hat Network server. An attacker able to redirect the network communication between a victim and an RHN server could use this flaw to provide malicious repository metadata. This metadata could...