Debian: DSA-2254-1: oprofile security update
Debian: DSA-2254-1: oprofile security update
OProfile is a performance profiling tool which is configurable by opcontrol, its control utility. Stephane Chauveau reported several ways to inject arbitrary commands in the arguments of this utility. If a local unprivileged user is authorized by sudoers file to run opcontrol as root, this user could use the
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 2254-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Luciano Bello June 3, 2011 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : oprofile Vulnerability : command injection Problem type : local Debian-specific: no Debian bug : 624212 CVE ID : CVE-2011-1760 OProfile is a performance profiling tool which is configurable by opcontrol, its control utility. Stephane Chauveau reported several ways to inject arbitrary commands in the arguments of this utility. If a local unprivileged user is authorized by sudoers file to run opcontrol as root, this user could use the flaw to escalate his privileges. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.3-2+lenny1. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6-1.1+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6-1.2. We recommend that you upgrade your oprofile packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
