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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-10719
2009-10-27 04:59:25
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Name        : systemtap
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 1.0
Release     : 2.fc11
URL         : https://sourceware.org/systemtap/
Summary     : Instrumentation System
Description :
SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running Linux 2.6.
Developers can write instrumentation to collect data on the operation
of the system.

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Update Information:

Fixes three DOS issues in --unprivileged mode. (CVE-2009-2911)
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Oct 21 2009 Josh Stone  - 1.0-2
- Fix three --unprivileged DOS issues (CVE-2009-2911)
* Tue Sep 22 2009 Josh Stone  - 1.0-1
- Upstream release.
* Tue Aug  4 2009 Josh Stone  - 0.9.9-1
- Upstream release.
* Thu Jun 11 2009 Josh Stone  - 0.9.8-1
- Upstream release.
* Thu Apr 23 2009 Josh Stone  - 0.9.7-1
- Upstream release.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #529175 - CVE-2009-2911 SystemTap 1.0: Multiple denial of service flaws once --unprivileged mode is activated
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update systemtap' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 11 Update: systemtap-1.0-2.fc11

October 27, 2009
Fixes three DOS issues in --unprivileged mode

Summary

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running Linux 2.6.

Developers can write instrumentation to collect data on the operation

of the system.

Update Information:

Fixes three DOS issues in --unprivileged mode. (CVE-2009-2911)

Change Log

* Wed Oct 21 2009 Josh Stone - 1.0-2 - Fix three --unprivileged DOS issues (CVE-2009-2911) * Tue Sep 22 2009 Josh Stone - 1.0-1 - Upstream release. * Tue Aug 4 2009 Josh Stone - 0.9.9-1 - Upstream release. * Thu Jun 11 2009 Josh Stone - 0.9.8-1 - Upstream release. * Thu Apr 23 2009 Josh Stone - 0.9.7-1 - Upstream release.

References

[ 1 ] Bug #529175 - CVE-2009-2911 SystemTap 1.0: Multiple denial of service flaws once --unprivileged mode is activated https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update systemtap' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : systemtap
Product : Fedora 11
Version : 1.0
Release : 2.fc11
URL : https://sourceware.org/systemtap/
Summary : Instrumentation System

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