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

CVE-2009-1891 httpd: possible temporary DoS CPU consumption in moddeflate CVE-2009-3094 httpd: NULL pointer defer in modproxyftp caused by crafted EPSV and PASV reply CVE-2009-3095 httpd: modproxyftp FTP command injection via Authorization HTTP header CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-4226 A denial of service...

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

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

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120607)

"The Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND is an implementation of the Domain Name System DNS protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

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

Multiple insufficient input validation flaws were discovered in LittleCMS. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted image file which could cause an application using LittleCMS to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2008-5316, CVE-2008-5317...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssh on SL5.x

Problem description : A flaw was found in the way the ssh server wrote account names to the audit subsystem. An attacker could inject strings containing parts of audit messages, which could possibly mislead or confuse audit log parsing tools. CVE-2007-3102 A flaw was found in the way the OpenSSH...

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

CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session renegotiation CVE-2010-0731 gnutls: gnutlsx509crtgetserial incorrect serial decoding from ASN1 BE64 GNUTLS-SA-2010-1 A flaw was found in the way the TLS/SSL Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer protocols handled session renegotiation. A...

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

A numeric truncation error was found in the OpenOffice.org memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could use this flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-3282 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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

Multiple issues were discovered in the gd GIF image-handling code. A carefully-crafted GIF file could cause a crash or possibly execute code with the privileges of the application using the gd library. CVE-2006-4484, CVE-2007-3475, CVE-2007-3476 An integer overflow was discovered in the...

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

This update fixes the following security issue : - The compatallocuserspace function in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer implementation was missing sanity checks. This function could be abused in other areas of the Linux kernel if its length argument can be controlled from user-spac...

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 : 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 : gimp on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

Multiple integer overflow and input validation flaws were found in The GIMP's image loaders. An attacker could create a carefully crafted image file that could cause The GIMP to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. CVE-2006-4519, CVE-2007-2949, CVE-2007-374...

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

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the moddavsvn module processed certain requests to lock working copy paths in a repository. A remote attacker could issue a lock request that could cause the httpd process serving the request to crash. CVE-2011-0715 This update also fixes the...

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

The Apache HTTP Server did not verify that a process was an Apache child process before sending it signals. A local attacker with the ability to run scripts on the Apache HTTP Server could manipulate the scoreboard and cause arbitrary processes to be terminated which could lead to a denial of...

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

It was found that several libvirt API calls did not honor the read-only permission for connections. A local attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd on a server could use this flaw to execute commands that should be restricted to read-write connections, possibly leading to a...

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

Security fixes : - memory leaks were found on some error paths in the icmpsend function in the Linux kernel. This could, potentially, cause the network connectivity to cease. CVE-2009-0778, Important - Chris Evans reported a deficiency in the clone system call when called with the CLONEPARENT fla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ipsec-tools on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Two denial of service flaws were found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. It was possible for a remote attacker to cause the racoon daemon to consume all available memory. CVE-2008-3651, CVE-2008-3652 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux...

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 : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the 'Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Advisory' page. CVE-2010-4422, CVE-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448, CVE-2010-4450, CVE-2010-4451,...