Scientific Linux Security Update : gnupg2 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way gpgsm, a Cryptographic Message Syntax CMS encryption and signing tool, handled X.509 certificates with a large number of Subject Alternate Names. A specially crafted X.509 certificate could, when imported, cause gpgsm to crash or, possibly, execute...

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 : systemtap on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120308)

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel. The system allows developers to write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. An invalid pointer read flaw was found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When...

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 : ndiswrapper on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This release is corresponding with the kernel security update with the new 2.6.18-164 kernel. We have build new kernel modules for all the kernels we have released. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text is C Scientific Linux. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

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

A flaw was found in the way ICU processed certain, invalid, encoded data. 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 to the user. CVE-2008-1036...

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

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the KDE Display Manager KDM. A local user with console access could trigger a race condition, possibly resulting in the permissions of an arbitrary file being set to world-writable, allowing privilege escalation. CVE-2010-0436 The system should be rebooted...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a trusted third- party, the Key Distribution Center KDC. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the MIT krb5 telnet daemon telnetd. A remote attacker who can acce...

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

CVE-2009-3525 Xen: PyGrub missing support for password configuration command The pyGrub boot loader did not honor the 'password' option in the grub.conf file for para-virtualized guests. Users with access to a guest's console could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions and boot the...

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

CVE-2009-3379 libvorbis: security fixes mentioned in MFSA 2009-63 Multiple flaws were found in the libvorbis library. A specially crafted Ogg Vorbis media format file Ogg could cause an application using libvorbis to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2009-3379 The deskto...

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

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. These vulnerabilities are summarized on the 'Advance notification of Security Updates for Java SE' page from Sun Microsystems, listed in the References section. All running...

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

Sean Larsson found a heap overflow flaw in the OpenOffice memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could usethe flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-2152 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

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

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-4355 openssl significant memory leak in certain SSLv3 requests DoS It was found that the OpenSSL library did not properly re-initialize its internal state in the SSLlibraryinit function after previous calls to the...

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 : rhn-client-tools on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that rhn-client-tools set insecure permissions on the loginAuth.pkl file, used to store session credentials for authenticating connections to servers. A local, unprivileged user could use these credentials to download packages they wouldn't normally have permission to download...

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

This update fixes the following security issue : - The rdspagecopyuser function in the Linux kernel Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS protocol implementation was missing sanity checks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-3904, Important The system mus...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.x x86_64 (20120221)

KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Scientific Linux kernel. It was found that the kvmvmioctlassigndevice function in the KVM subsystem of a Linux kernel did not check if th...

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

Security fixes : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the sctprcvootb function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SCTP packet to a target system, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2010-0008,...