Linux Mailing List

[Kai Kaminski <kai.kaminski AT psi.ch>]

Summary
=======

The Scientific Linux team has released updates for SL 6.

The updates include, but are not limited to, the following important security
fixes:

- kernel: local privilege escalation
- firefox: potential code execution
- openjdk: sandbox bypass
- thunderbird: buffer overflow


Further information can be found at https://lwn.net/Alerts/Scientific_Linux/ 
and
https://lwn.net/Security/.

As usual, other distributions are affected by many of the same problems. 
Please
update system not running Scientific Linux as well.


Schedule
========

The updates are available in the Unstable and Testing repositories now. Please
test them and let me know if you run into any issues.

If no problems are reported till Thursday I will push the updates to the 
Stable
repository.


New packages for Scientific Linux 6
===================================
- 389-ds-base-1.2.11.15-94.el6_9
- 389-ds-base-devel-1.2.11.15-94.el6_9
- 389-ds-base-libs-1.2.11.15-94.el6_9
- autocorr-af-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-bg-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-ca-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-cs-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-da-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-de-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-en-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-es-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-fa-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-fi-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-fr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-ga-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-hr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-hu-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-is-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-it-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-ja-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-ko-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-lb-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-lt-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-mn-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-nl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-pl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-pt-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-ro-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-ru-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-sk-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-sl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-sr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-sv-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-tr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-vi-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- autocorr-zh-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- bind-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
- bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
- bind-devel-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
- bind-libs-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
- bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
- bind-utils-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
- firefox-52.7.3-1.el6_9
- java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el6_9
- java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el6_9
- java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el6_9
- java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el6_9
- java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debug-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debug-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debug-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-debug-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-debug-1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
- kernel-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- libreoffice-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-base-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-bsh-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-calc-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-core-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-draw-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-emailmerge-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-filters-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-gdb-debug-support-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-glade-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-graphicfilter-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-headless-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-impress-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-af-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ar-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-as-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-bg-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-bn-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ca-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-cs-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-cy-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-da-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-de-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-dz-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-el-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-en-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-es-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-et-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-eu-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-fi-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-fr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ga-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-gl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-gu-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-he-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-hi-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-hr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-hu-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-it-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ja-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-kn-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ko-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-lt-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-mai-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ml-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-mr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ms-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-nb-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-nl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-nn-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-nr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-nso-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-or-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-pa-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-pl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-pt-BR-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-pt-PT-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ro-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ru-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-sk-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-sl-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-sr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ss-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-st-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-sv-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ta-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-te-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-th-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-tn-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-tr-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ts-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-uk-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ur-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-ve-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-xh-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-zh-Hans-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-zh-Hant-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-langpack-zu-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-librelogo-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-math-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-nlpsolver-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-officebean-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-ogltrans-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-pdfimport-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-pyuno-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-rhino-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-sdk-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-sdk-doc-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-ure-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-wiki-publisher-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-writer-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- libreoffice-xsltfilter-4.3.7.2-2.el6_9.2
- microcode_ctl-1.17-25.4.el6_9
- perf-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- python-perf-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6
- qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5
- selinux-policy-3.7.19-307.el6_9.3
- selinux-policy-doc-3.7.19-307.el6_9.3
- selinux-policy-minimum-3.7.19-307.el6_9.3
- selinux-policy-mls-3.7.19-307.el6_9.3
- selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-307.el6_9.3
- thunderbird-52.7.0-1.el6_9
- tzdata-2018d-1.el6
- tzdata-java-2018d-1.el6