Debian: DSA-2348-1 Critical: SystemTap Privilege Escalation Issues
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November 20, 2011
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in SystemTap, an instrumentation system for Linux: CVE-2011-2503
Topics Covered
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in SystemTap, an instrumentation
system for Linux:
CVE-2011-2503
It was discovered that a race condition in staprun could lead to
privilege escalation.
CVE-2010-4170
It was discovered that insufficient validation of environment
variables in staprun could lead to privilege escalation.
CVE-2010-4171
It was discovered that insufficient validation of module unloading
could lead to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-5+squeeze1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your systemtap packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: systemtap
CVE ID: CVE-2010-4170 CVE-2010-4171 CVE-2011-2503
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