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

frysk is an execution-analysis technology implemented using native Java and C++. It provides developers and system administrators with the ability to examine and analyze multi-host, multi-process, and multithreaded systems while they are running. frysk is released as a Technology Preview for...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-0217 xmlsec1, mono, xml-security-c, xml-security-1.3.0-1jpp.ep1.: XMLDsig HMAC-based signatures spoofing and authentication bypass CVE-2009-2670 OpenJDK Untrusted applet System properties access 6738524 CVE-2009-2671 CVE-2009-2672 OpenJDK Proxy mechanism information leaks 6801071...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libXfont on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

The libXfont packages provide the X.Org libXfont runtime library. X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library, used by the X.Org server, handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX compress. A malicious,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nfs-utils-lib on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Tenable Network Security discovered a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the RPC library used by nfs-utils-lib. A remote unauthenticated attacker who can access an application linked against nfs-utils-lib could trigger this flaw and cause the application to crash. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 i...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kdegraphics on SL4.x, SL5.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-2009-3609 xpdf/poppler: ImageStream::ImageStream integer overflow CVE-2009-3604 xpdf/poppler:...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rpm on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

The RPM Package Manager RPM is a command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Multiple flaws were found in the way the RPM library parsed package headers. An attacker could create a specially crafted RPM...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nspr and nss for SL 4.x on i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-2408 firefox/nss: doesn't handle NULL in Common Name properly CVE-2009-2404 nss regexp heap overflow Netscape Portable Runtime NSPR provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities. These facilities include...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xen/libvirt on SL5.0 i386/x86_64

NOTE1: The xen update needs to be applied with the new kernel kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5. Because a kernel does not automatically get updated, but the xen libraries do by default it is best to upgrade them both at the same time, and then reboot into the new kernel. Updating both the kernel and xen ...

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

Jrgen Weigert discovered a directory traversal flaw in fastjar. An attacker could create a malicious JAR file which, if unpacked using fastjar, could write to any files the victim had write access to. CVE-2006-3619 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C...

Scientific Linux Security Update : net-snmp on SL3.x i386/x86_64

A divide-by-zero flaw was discovered in the snmpd daemon. A remote attacker could issue a specially crafted GETBULK request that could crash the snmpd daemon. CVE-2009-1887 Note: An attacker must have read access to the SNMP server in order to exploit this flaw. In the default configuration, the...

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

Steve Grubb discovered a flaw in the way coolkey created a temporary directory. A local attacker could perform a symlink attack and cause arbitrary files to be overwritten. CVE-2007-4129 In addition, the updated packages contain fixes for the following bugs in the CAC Smart Card support : - CAC...

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

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the CUPS IPP routine, used for processing incoming IPP requests for the CUPS scheduler. An attacker could use this flaw to send specially crafted IPP requests that would crash the cupsd daemon. CVE-2009-0949 A use-after-free flaw was found in the CUPS...

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

An input validation flaw was discovered in the GIF-to-PNM converter giftopnm shipped with the netpbm package. An attacker could create a carefully crafted GIF file which could cause giftopnm to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running giftopnm. CVE-2008-0554 %NASLMINLEVEL 7030...

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

Multiple checksum validation flaws were discovered in the MIT Kerberos implementation. A remote attacker could use these flaws to tamper with certain Kerberos protocol packets and, possibly, bypass authentication mechanisms in certain configurations using Single-use Authentication Mechanisms...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bzip2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could, when decompressing malformed archives, cause bzip2, or an application linked against the libbz2 library, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-0405 All running applications using the...

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

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the ntpd daemon's NTPv4 authentication code. If ntpd was configured to use public key cryptography for NTP packet authentication, a remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted request packet that could crash ntpd. CVE-2009-1252 Note: NT...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the 'Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Advisory' page. CVE-2010-4422, CVE-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448, CVE-2010-4450, CVE-2010-4451,...

Scientific Linux Update Level

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing the latest update level. Since updating Scientific Linux brings a host up to the most recent Update Level, this means that it has not been updated recently and likely to be affected by multiple vulnerabilities. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

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

CVE-2010-0434 httpd: request header information leak A use-after-free flaw was discovered in the way the Apache HTTP Server handled request headers in subrequests. In configurations where subrequests are used, a multithreaded MPM Multi-Processing Module could possibly leak information from other...