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

This updated package addresses the following change to Daylight Saving Time DST observations : - during Ramadan, that is, during the period between 2010-08-11 and 2010-09-08, Egypt will suspend DST. The DST period will be officially restored on 2010-09-09. BZ618593, BZ618597, BZ618599 %NASLMINLEV...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.x x86_64 (20120123)

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. A heap overflow flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM emulated the e1000 network interface card. A privileged guest...

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

CVE-2005-4268 cpio large filesize buffer overflow CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safernamesuffix CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially crafted archive A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user wer...

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

a flaw in the signal handling on PowerPC-based systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service floating point corruption. CVE-2007-3107, Moderate. In addition to the security issue described above, a fix for the following has been included : - a bug that can lead to data corruption...

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

A flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP's slapd daemon handled malformed objectClasses LDAP attributes. A local or remote attacker could create an LDAP request which could cause a denial of service by crashing slapd. CVE-2007-5707 In addition, the following feature was added : - OpenLDAP client tool...

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

An insufficient input validation flaw was discovered in the VNC client application, vncviewer. If an attacker could convince a victim to connect to a malicious VNC server, or when an attacker was able to connect to vncviewer running in the 'listen' mode, the attacker could cause the victim's...

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

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. The Safe extension module allows users to compile and execute Perl code in restricted compartments. The File::Path module allows users to create and remove directory trees. The Safe...

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

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : scsi-target-utils on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

A double-free flaw was found in scsi-target-utils' tgtd daemon. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by sending carefully-crafted network traffic, causing the tgtd daemon to crash. CVE-2011-0001 All running scsi-target-utils services must be restarted for the update to take effect...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the iosubmitone function in the Linux kernel asynchronous I/O implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3066, Moderate - A flaw was found in...

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 : evolution-data-server on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way evolution-data-server processed certain APOP authentication requests. By sending certain responses when evolution-data-server attempted to authenticate against an APOP server, a remote attacker could potentially acquire certain portions of a user's authentication...

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 : php53 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120202)

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2011-4885 released via in a previous update for php53 introduced an uninitialized memory use flaw. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTTP request to cause th...