Scientific Linux: SLSA-2014:1004-1 Important Yum-Updatesd Remote Threat

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 13:43:50 +0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: yum-updatesd on SL5.x (noarch)
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Synopsis: Important: yum-updatesd security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:1004-1
Issue Date: 2014-08-05
CVE Numbers: CVE-2014-0022
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It was discovered that yum-updatesd did not properly perform RPM package
signature checks. When yum-updatesd was configured to automatically
install updates, a remote attacker could use this flaw to install a
malicious update on the target system using an unsigned RPM or an RPM
signed with an untrusted key. (CVE-2014-0022)

After installing this update, the yum-updatesd service will be restarted
automatically.
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SL5
 noarch
 yum-updatesd-0.9-6.sl5.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team