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

A use-after-free flaw was discovered in the MIT Kerberos administration daemon, kadmind. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the kadmind daemon. Administrative privileges are not required to trigger this flaw, as any realm user can request information about their own...

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

Several format string flaws were found in Qt error message handling. If an application linked against Qt created an error message from user-supplied data in a certain way, it could lead to a denial of service or possibly allow the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2007-3388 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

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

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. 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...

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

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 uninitialized variable use flaw was found in OpenSSL. This flaw could cause an application using the OpenSSL...

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

Several flaws were discovered in the way giflib decodes GIF images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted GIF image that could cause an application using giflib to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened by a victim. CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350 All running applications usin...

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

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in GPdf's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause GPdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2009-0147, CVE-2009-1179 Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in GPdf's JBIG2 decoder. An...

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

Several flaws were found in the way SeaMonkey processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript code could cause SeaMonkey to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3737, CVE-2007-3738...

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 : 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 as the user running Firefox. CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513...

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-2008-0016, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-40...

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

A flaw was found in the way the KDE CSS parser handled content for the CSS 'style' attribute. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted CSS equipped HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service Konqueror crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary...

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

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. Two divide-by-zero flaws were found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap...

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

It was discovered that named did not invalidate previously cached SIG records when adding an NCACHE record for the same entry to the cache. A remote attacker allowed to send recursive DNS queries to named could use this flaw to crash named. CVE-2010-3613 After installing the update, the BIND daem...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120605)

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. 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...

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...

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 : postgresql and postgresql84 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120625)

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system DBMS. A flaw was found in the way the crypt password hashing function from the optional PostgreSQL pgcrypto contrib module performed password transformation when used with the DES algorithm. If the password string to be hashed...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xscreensaver on SL4 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...