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

libsoup is an HTTP client/library implementation for GNOME. A directory traversal flaw was found in libsoup's SoupServer. If an application used SoupServer to implement an HTTP service, a remote attacker who is able to connect to that service could use this flaw to access any local files accessib...

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

A flaw was found in the way sudo handled Runas specifications containing both a user and a group list. If a local user were authorized by the sudoers file to perform their sudo commands with the privileges of a specified user and group, they could use this flaw to run those commands with the...

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

It was discovered that rhn-client-tools set insecure permissions on the loginAuth.pkl file, used to store session credentials for authenticating connections to servers. A local, unprivileged user could use these credentials to download packages they wouldn't normally have permission to download...

Scientific Linux Security Update : system-config-firewall on SL6.x i386/x86_64

system-config-firewall is a graphical user interface for basic firewall setup. It was found that system-config-firewall used the Python pickle module in an insecure way when sending data via D-Bus to the privileged back-end mechanism. A local user authorized to configure firewall rules using...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libpng on SL6.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 : krb5 on SL3.x i386/x86_64

David Coffey discovered an uninitialized pointer free flaw in the RPC library used by kadmind. A remote unauthenticated attacker who can access kadmind could trigger this flaw and cause kadmind to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as root. CVE-2007-2442 David Coffey also discovered an...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x x86_64

A flaw was found in the way the VNC 'password' option was handled. Clearingaa password disabled VNC authentication, allowing a remote user able to connect to the virtual machines' VNC ports to open a VNC session without authentication. CVE-2011-0011 After installing this update, shut down all...

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

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Samba clients handle over-sized packets. If a client connected to a malicious Samba server, it was possible to execute arbitrary code as the Samba client user. It was also possible for a remote user to send a specially crafted print request t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.0.9 i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2462 Mozilla Browser engine crashes CVE-2009-2463 Mozilla Base64 decoding crash CVE-2009-2466 Mozilla JavaScript engine crashes Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially,...

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

A flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP's slapd daemon handled malformed objectClasses LDAP attributes. An authenticated local or remote attacker could create an LDAP request which could cause a denial of service by crashing slapd. CVE-2007-5707 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. T...

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

Multiple input validation flaws, resulting in buffer overflows, were discovered in MikMod. Specially crafted music files in various formats could, when played, cause an application using the MikMod library to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2009-3995, CVE-2009-3996, CVE-2007-67...

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

The MySQL PolyFromWKB function did not sanity check Well-Known Binary WKB data, which could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to crash mysqld. CVE-2010-3840 A flaw in the way MySQL processed certain JOIN queries could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to cause excessive CPU use up to...

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

These updated packages fix the following bugs : - the GNU libc stub resolver is a minimal resolver that works with Domain Name System DNS servers to satisfy requests from applications for names. The GNU libc stub resolver did not specify a source UDP port, and therefore used predictable port...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120507)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. A flaw was found in the way the php-cgi executable processed command line arguments when running in CGI mode. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a PHP script that would result in the que...

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

Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed web content. A web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237 Several flaws were...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gcc on SL4 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 : 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 with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2010-3169 A buffer overflow flaw was found...

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

CVE-2010-0302 cups Incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553 It was discovered that the cups 1.3.7-11.el54.4 security update did not fully correct the use-after-free flaw in the way CUPS handled references in its file descriptors-handling interface. A remote attacker could send specially crafted queries t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL 5.0-5.4 i386/x86_64

This kernel is already in SL 5.5 This updated contains all the security and bug fixes from the 2.6.18-194.el5 kernel. In additions this update fixes the following security issues : - a flaw was found in the Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation ULE implementation. A remote attacker could send ...

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

Multiple heap overflows and an integer underflow were found in the Quattro ProR import filter. An attacker could create a carefully crafted Quattro Pro file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. CVE-2007-5745, CVE-2007-5747...