CVE-2012-0875
First published: Tue Feb 04 2014(Updated: )
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Systemtap Systemtap | =1.6.7 | |
| Systemtap Systemtap | =1.7 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00057.html
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6987
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0376.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026777
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b0cff3b
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/systemtap
- canonical/systemtap systemtap
- version/systemtap systemtap/1.6.7
- version/systemtap systemtap/1.7