Scientific Linux Security Update : scsi-target-utils on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in scsi-target-utils' tgtd daemon. A remote attacker could trigger these flaws by sending a carefully-crafted Internet Storage Name Service iSNS request, causing the tgtd daemon to crash. CVE-2010-2221 All running scsi-target-utils services must be...

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

The libpng packages contain a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG Portable Network Graphics image format files. An uninitialized memory read issue was found in the way libpng processed certain PNG images that use the Physical Scale sCAL extension. An attacker could create a...

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-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775 A flaw was found in the way...

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

The libpng packages contain a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG Portable Network Graphics image format files. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libpng processed certain PNG image files. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image that, when opened, could...

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

A race condition flaw was found in the way XULRunner handled Document Object Model DOM element properties. Malicious HTML content could cause an application linked against XULRunner such as Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the...

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

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Quagga bgpd daemon processed certain BGP Route Refresh RR messages. A configured BGP peer could send a specially crafted BGP message, causing bgpd on a target system to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of th...

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

It was discovered that the bind packages created the 'rndc.key' file with insecure file permissions. This allowed any local user to read the content of this file. A local user could use this flaw to control some aspects of the named daemon by using the rndc utility, for example, stopping the name...

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

An input validation flaw was found in the ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One decoder used by MIT Kerberos. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a network service using the MIT Kerberos library, such as kadmind or krb5kdc, by causing it to dereference or free an uninitialized pointer...

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

This updated package addresses the following change to Daylight Saving Time DST observations : - during Ramadan, that is, during the period between 2010-08-11 and 2010-09-08, Egypt will suspend DST. The DST period will be officially restored on 2010-09-09. BZ618593, BZ618597, BZ618599 %NASLMINLEV...

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

When the nssldap plug-in attempted to format the list of a group's members for an application, it did not correctly detect when the space provided to store that list was insufficient. For large groups, this resulted in a corrupt heap, which typically resulted in the calling application crashing, ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kexec-tools on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

The kexec-tools package contains the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature. The /sbin/kexec binary facilitates a new kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. The kexec fastboot...

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

A flaw was found in the way Evolution 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 evolution. CVE-2007-3257 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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

CVE-2005-4268 cpio large filesize buffer overflow CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safernamesuffix CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially crafted archive A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user wer...

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

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. Datagram TLS DTLS is a protocol based on TLS that is capable of securing datagram transport UDP for instance. The...

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

Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow flaw in KPDF's Type 1 font parser. A specially crafted PDF file with an embedded Type 1 font could cause KPDF to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2009-4035 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

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

Alin Rad Pop discovered several flaws in the handling of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause an application linked with poppler to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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

Security fixes : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel NFSv4 implementation. Several of the NFSv4 file locking functions failed to check whether a file had been opened on the server before performing locking operations on it. A local, unprivileged user on a system with a...

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

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in poppler. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause applications that use poppler such as Evince to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-3702 An array index error was found in the way poppler...

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

These updated GFS packages are in sync with the latest kernel 2.4.21-58.EL. The modules in earlier GFS packages fail to load because they do not match the running kernel. It is possible to force-load the modules; however, with this update, force-loading the modules is not required. %NASLMINLEVEL...

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

A flaw was found in the way certain HPLIP tools discovered devices using the SNMP protocol. If a user ran certain HPLIP tools that search for supported devices using SNMP, and a malicious user is able to send specially crafted SNMP responses, it could cause those HPLIP tools to crash or, possibly...