Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.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 : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code...

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

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Samba authenticates remote users. A remote unauthenticated user could trigger this flaw to cause the Samba server to crash, or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the Samba server. CVE-2007-6015 This update also fixes a regression...

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

Two cross-site-scripting flaws were found in the way Konqueror processes certain HTML content. This could result in a malicious attacker presenting misleading content to an unsuspecting user. CVE-2007-0242, CVE-2007-0537 A flaw was found in KDE JavaScript implementation. A web page containing...

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

A flaw was found in the way Qt expanded certain UTF8 characters. It was possible to prevent a Qt-based application from properly sanitizing user supplied input. This could, for example, result in a cross-site scripting attack against the Konqueror web browser. CVE-2007-0242 A buffer overflow flaw...

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

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the way teTeX processed special commands when converting DVI files into PostScript. An attacker could create a malicious DVI file that would cause the dvips executable to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-0739, CVE-2010-1440...

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

A flaw was found in a way MySQL handled symbolic links when database tables were created with explicit 'DATA' and 'INDEX DIRECTORY' options. An authenticated user could create a table that would overwrite tables in other databases, causing destruction of data or allowing the user to elevate...

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 : - An integer overflow flaw in ibuverbspollcq could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-4649,...

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

A denial of service flaw was found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. It was possible for a remote attacker, with knowledge of an existing ipsec tunnel, to terminate the ipsec connection between two machines. CVE-2007-1841 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text i...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qspice on SL5.x x86_64

It was found that the libspice component of QEMU-KVM on the host did not validate all pointers provided from a guest system's QXL graphics card driver. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to cause the host to dereference an invalid pointer, causing the guest to crash denial of service or,...

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,...

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 : pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A denial of service flaw was found in the Pidgin OSCAR protocol implementation. If a remote ICQ user sent a web message to a local Pidgin user using this protocol, it would cause excessive memory usage, leading to a denial of service Pidgin crash. CVE-2009-1889 These updated packages also fix the...

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

It was discovered that the pamnamespace module executed the external script namespace.init with an unchanged environment inherited from an application calling PAM. In cases where such an environment was untrusted for example, when pamnamespace was configured for setuid applications such as su or...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.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 : 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...

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

A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. A specially crafted regular expression with Unicode characters could trigger a buffer overflow, causing Perl to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Perl. CVE-2008-1927 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

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 : tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120411)

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages JSP technologies. It was found that the Java hashCode method implementation was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Tomcat to use an excessive amount of CPU time b...