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

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. CVE-2008-3146 Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.4 x86_64

CVE-2009-4031 kernel: KVM: x86 emulator: limit instructions to 15 bytes On x86 platforms, the doinsnfetch function did not limit the amount of instruction bytes fetched per instruction. Users in guest operating systems could leverage this flaw to cause large latencies on SMP hosts that could lead...

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

Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. A web page containing such malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2008-2801, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803 Several flaws were found in t...

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

A race condition flaw has been found in the OpenSSL TLS server extension parsing code, which could affect some multithreaded OpenSSL applications. Under certain specific conditions, it may be possible for a remote attacker to trigger this race condition and cause such an application to crash, or...

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

A tzdata enhancement, with updates for Venezuela, Indiana, Egypt, Gaza, South Australia, Antarctica, Brazil, and Iran is now available. The tzdata package contains data files with information regarding and rules for daylight saving times in various timezones around the world. The updated package...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tzdata on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120523)

This update adds the following enhancements : - The following time-zone changes have been added to the zone info database: Haiti entered a period of Daylight Saving Time DST on March 11; Gaza Strip, West Bank and Syria entered a period of DST on March 30. This update has been placed in the securi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL4.x i386/x86_64 (20120201)

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols, as well as a full-strength, general purpose cryptography library. An information leak flaw was found in the SSL 3.0 protocol implementation in OpenSSL. Incorrect initialization o...

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

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1841 A flaw was found in the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cvs on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

Concurrent Version System CVS is a version control system that can record the history of your files. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CVS client handled responses from HTTP proxies. A malicious HTTP proxy could use this flaw to cause the CVS client to crash or, possibly,...

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

A flaw was found in the way modauthmysql escaped certain multibyte-encoded strings. If modauthmysql was configured to use a multibyte character set that allowed a backslash '' as part of the character encodings, a remote attacker could inject arbitrary SQL commands into a login request...

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

This update fixes the following bug : - Prior to this update, the SELinux policy package did not allow the RHEV agent to execute. This update adds the policy for RHEV agents, so that they can be executed as expected. - Previously, several labels were incorrect and rules for creating new 389-ds...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xscreensaver on SL3.0.x i386/x86_64

Alex Yamauchi discovered a flaw in the way XScreenSaver verifies user passwords. When a system is using a remote directory service for login credentials, a local attacker may be able to cause a network outage causing XScreenSaver to crash, unlocking the screen. CVE-2007-1859 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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

Some JSPs within the 'examples' web application did not escape user provided data. If the JSP examples were accessible, this flaw could allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks CVE-2007-2449. Note: it is recommended the 'examples' web application not be installed on a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL 5.4 x86_64

A flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM handled erroneous data provided by the Linux virtio-net driver, used by guest operating systems. Due to a deficiency in the TSO TCP segment offloading implementation, a guest's virtio-net driver would transmit improper data to a certain QEMU-KVM process on the...

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

A flaw was found in the way the Ruby POP module processed certain APOP authentication requests. By sending certain responses when the Ruby APOP module attempted to authenticate using APOP against a POP server, a remote attacker could, potentially, acquire certain portions of a user's authenticati...

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

The version of vsftpd as shipped in Scientific Linux 3 when used in combination with Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM had a memory leak on an invalid authentication attempt. Since vsftpd prior to version 2.0.5 allows any number of invalid attempts on the same connection this memory leak could...

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

It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0345 did not address all possible integer overflow flaws in Ghostscript's International Color Consortium Format library icclib. Using specially crafted ICC profiles, an attacker could create a malicious PostScript or PDF file with...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tzdata enhancement update on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120719)

This update adds the following enhancements : Daylight Saving Time will be interrupted during the holy month of Ramadan in Morocco that is July 20 - August 19, 2012 in the Gregorian Calendar. This update incorporates the exception so that Daylight Saving Time is turned off and the time setting...

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

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-2010-3169, CVE-2010-2762 Several use-after-free and dangling point...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php-pear on SL6.x

The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository PEAR, a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. It was found that the 'pear' command created temporary files in an insecure way when installing packages. A malicious, local user could use this flaw t...