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

This updated package addresses the following changes to Daylight Savings Time DST observations : - as of June 24, 2008, for Brazil, all of Acre and parts of Amazonas that used UTC+5, now use UTC+4. Previously, only parts of Para used UTC+3. Now, all of Para use UTC+3. - Mauritius is introducing D...

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

A flaw was found in the way sudo handled the presence of duplicated environment variables. A local user authorized to run commands using sudo could use this flaw to set additional values for the environment variables set by sudo, which could result in those values being used by the executed comma...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.x x86_64

A flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM handled the reloading of fs and gs segment registers when they had invalid selectors. A privileged host user with access to '/dev/kvm' could use this flaw to crash the host denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 The following procedure must be performed before this...

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

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP slapd daemon processed certain network messages. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted request that would crash the slapd daemon. CVE-2008-2952 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Scientific Linux Security Update : cyrus-imapd on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL library cyrus-sasl does not always reliably terminate output from the saslencode64 function used by programs using this library. The Cyrus IMAP server cyrus-imapd relied on this function's output being properly terminated. Under certain conditions, improperly...

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

CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way newt processes content that is to be displayed in a text dialog box. A local attacker could issue a specially crafted text dialog box display request direct or via a custom...

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

A flaw was found in the way ICU processed certain, invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion. If an application used ICU to decode malformed, multibyte character data, it may have been possible to bypass certain content protection mechanisms, or display information in a manner misleading t...

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

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a...

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

Automake-generated Makefiles made certain directories world-writable when preparing source archives, as was recommended by the GNU Coding Standards. If a malicious, local user could access the directory where a victim was creating distribution archives, they could use this flaw to modify the file...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120529)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue : - It was found that the datalen parameter of the sockallocsendpskb function in the Linux kernel's networking implementation was not validated before use. A local...

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

A flaw was discovered in a way sudo handled group specifications in 'run as' lists in the sudoers configuration file. If sudo configuration allowed a user to run commands as any user of some group and the user was also a member of that group, sudo incorrectly allowed them to run defined commands...

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

Problem description : Moritz Jodeit discovered a denial of service bug in the tcpdump IEEE 802.11 processing code. If a certain link type was explicitly specified, an attacker could inject a carefully crafted frame onto the IEEE 802.11 network that could crash a running tcpdump session...

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

Wesley Miaw discovered that when deflate compression was used, libcurl could call the registered write callback function with data exceeding the documented limit. A malicious server could use this flaw to crash an application using libcurl or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. Note: This issue...

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

cpuspeed was moved to the security errata from the fastbugs errata because the latest kernel security update depends on it. This package adds the following enhancements : - Userspace needed to support the loading of the new Powernow-k8 module that has changed from being built in. By rectifying th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-server on SL5.x i386/x86_64

An incorrect calculation flaw was discovered in the X.Org Render extension. A malicious, authorized client could exploit this issue to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE-2010-1166 All running X.Org server instances must be restarted for this...

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

"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 : avahi on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Hugo Dias discovered a denial of service flaw in avahi-daemon. A remote attacker on the same local area network LAN could send a specially crafted mDNS Multicast DNS packet that would cause avahi-daemon to exit unexpectedly due to a failed assertion check. CVE-2008-5081 After installing the updat...

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

CVE-2007-4567 kernel: ipv6hopjumbo remote system crash CVE-2009-4537 kernel: r8169 issue reported at 26c3 CVE-2009-4538 kernel: e1000e frame fragment issue CVE-2009-4536 kernel: e1000 issue reported at 26c3 This update fixes the following security issues : - a flaw was found in the IPv6 Extension...

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

Multiple insufficient input validation flaws were found in the way Openswan's pluto IKE daemon processed some fields of X.509 certificates. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted X.509 certificate that would crash the pluto daemon. CVE-2009-2185 After installing this update, the ipse...

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

Details : An information disclosure flaw was found in the way ELinks passes https POST data to a proxy server. POST data sent via a proxy to an https site is not properly encrypted by ELinks, possibly allowing the disclosure of sensitive information. CVE-2007-5034 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...