Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11 on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Two integer overflow flaws were found in the X.Org server's EVI and MIT-SHM modules. A malicious authorized client could exploit these issues to cause a denial of service crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the X.Org server. CVE-2007-6429 A heap based buffer...

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

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1833,...

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

An integer underflow vulnerability was discovered in the rdesktop. If an attacker could convince a victim to connect to a malicious RDP server, the attacker could cause the victim's rdesktop to crash or, possibly, execute an arbitrary code. CVE-2008-1801 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

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

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : - a flaw in the ISDN CAPI subsystem that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service or potential remote access. Exploitation would require the attacker to be able to send arbitrary frames over the ISDN netwo...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python for SL 3.0.x on i386/x86_64

When the assert system call was disabled, an input sanitization flaw was revealed in the Python string object implementation that led to a buffer overflow. The missing check for negative size values meant the Python memory allocator could allocate less memory than expected. This could result in...

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

An arbitrary command execution flaw was found in the Lynx 'lynxcgi:' URI handler. An attacker could create a web page redirecting to a malicious URL that could execute arbitrary code as the user running Lynx in the non-default 'Advanced' user mode. CVE-2008-4690 Note: In these updated lynx...

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

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : - a flaw in the connection tracking support for SCTP that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer. CVE-2007-2876, Important - a flaw in the mount handling routine for 64-bi...

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

A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent...

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

Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the way Mailman displayed usernames of subscribed users on certain pages. If a user who is subscribed to a mailing list were able to trick a victim into visiting one of those pages, they could perform a cross-site scripting XSS attack against the...

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

A flaw was found in the way evolution-data-server processes certain IMAP server messages. If a user can be tricked into connecting to a malicious IMAP server it may be possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the evolution-data-server process. CVE-2007-3257 Evolution crushed in...

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

An array index error was found in the DeVice Independent DVI renderer's PK and VF font file parsers. A DVI file that references a specially crafted font file could, when opened, cause Evince to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Evince...

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

The Apache HTTP Server is a popular web server. It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server did not properly validate the request URI for proxied requests. In certain configurations, if a reverse proxy used the ProxyPassMatch directive, or if it used the RewriteRule directive with the proxy fla...

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

The GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program is an image composition and editing program. An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the GIMP's Microsoft Windows Bitmap BMP and Personal Computer eXchange PCX image file plug-ins. An attacker could create a specially...

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

Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript code could cause Firefox to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868 A flaw was found in the way Firefox...

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

An array index error, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow, was found in the Wireshark ENTTEC dissector. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. CVE-2010-4538 All...

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

It was found that certain scripts bundled with the Bash documentation created temporary files in an insecure way. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files accessible to the victim running the scripts...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ipsec-tools on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A denial of service flaw was found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could trigger a NULL pointer dereference that could cause the racoon daemon to crash. CVE-2009-1574 Multiple memory leak flaws were found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. If a remote attacker...

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

A flaw was found in the way fetchmail processed certain APOP authentication requests. By sending certain responses when fetchmail attempted to authenticate against an APOP server, a remote attacker could potentially acquire certain portions of a user's authentication credentials. CVE-2007-1558...

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

An integer overflow flaw, leading to arbitrary memory writes, was found in libvpx. An attacker could create a specially crafted video encoded using the VP8 codec that, when played by a victim with an application using libvpx such as Totem, would cause the application to crash or, potentially,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : virt-v2v on SL6.x x86_64

virt-v2v is a tool for converting and importing virtual machines to libvirt-managed KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine. Using virt-v2v to convert a guest that has a password-protected VNC console to a KVM guest removed that password protection from the converted guest: after conversion, a password...