Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL7.x x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.8.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL7.x x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180521) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 389-ds-base on SL7.x x86_64 (20180515)

Security Fixes : - 389-ds-base: ns-slapd crash via large filter value in ldapsearch CVE-2018-1089 Bug Fixes : - Indexing tasks in Directory Server contain the nsTaskStatus attribute to monitor whether the task is completed and the database is ready to receive updates. Before this update, the serv...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL7.x x86_64 (20180515)

Security Fixes : - libvirt: Resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead method CVE-2018-5748 - libvirt: Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 triggered by QEMU guest agent CVE-2018-1064 The CVE-2018-1064 issue was discovered by Daniel P. Berrang Red Hat and the CVE-2018-5748 issue was discovered by Dani...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180515)

This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.8.0 ESR. Security Fixes : - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 52.8 CVE-2018-5150 - Mozilla: Backport critical security fixes in Skia CVE-2018-5183 - Mozilla: Use-after-free with SVG animations and clip paths CVE-2018-5154 -...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 (20180515)

Security Fixes : - QEMU: cirrus: OOB access when updating VGA display CVE-2018-7858 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid109854; scriptversion"1.5"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dhcp on SL7.x x86_64 (20180515)

Security Fixes : - A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Scientific Linux. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands wit...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dhcp on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180515)

Security Fixes : - A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Scientific Linux. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands wit...

Scientific Linux Security Update : 389-ds-base on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180509)

Security Fixes : - 389-ds-base: ns-slapd crash via large filter value in ldapsearch CVE-2018-1089 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid109671; scriptversion"1.6";...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180508) (Meltdown)

Security Fixes : - hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling CVE-2017-5754 - Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS CVE-2018-8897 - kernel: nfsd: Incorrect handling of long RPC replies CVE-2017-7645 - kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket CVE-2017-8824 -...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20180508)

Security Fixes : - Kernel: KVM: error in exception handling leads to wrong debug stack value CVE-2018-1087 - Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS CVE-2018-8897 - Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation CVE-2017-16939 - kernel: Out-of-bounds write...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL7.x x86_64 (20180502)

Security Fixes : - OpenJDK: incorrect handling of Reference clones can lead to sandbox bypass Hotspot, 8192025 CVE-2018-2814 - OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores Security, 8189997 CVE-2018-2794 - OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : policycoreutils on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410)

Security Fixes : - policycoreutils: Relabelling of symbolic links in /tmp and /var/tmp change the context of their target instead CVE-2018-1063 This issue was discovered by Renaud Mtrich Red Hat. Additional Changes : C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libvorbis on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410)

Security Fixes : - Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write MFSA 2018-08 CVE-2018-5146 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid109452; scriptversion"1.8";...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssh on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410)

Security Fixes : - openssh: Improper write operations in readonly mode allow for zero- length file creation CVE-2017-15906 Additional Changes : C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid109454; scriptversion"1.4";...

Scientific Linux Security Update : PackageKit on SL7.x x86_64 (20180424)

Security Fixes : - PackageKit: authentication bypass allows to install signed packages without administrator privileges CVE-2018-1106 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid109463; scriptversion"1.6";...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xdg-user-dirs on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410)

Security Fixes : - xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy CVE-2017-15131 Additional Changes : C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid109459;...