CVE-2010-4171: Input Validation
First published: Mon Nov 15 2010(Updated: )
The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not verify that a module to unload was previously loaded by SystemTap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (unloading of arbitrary kernel modules).
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Systemtap Systemtap | =1.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42256
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44917
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=653606
- http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46920
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63345
- http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2
- http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=commit;h=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4171
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=654318
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