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- RHSA-2011:0841
RHSA-2011:0841: Moderate: systemtap security update
First published: Tue May 31 2011(Updated: )
SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux<br>kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the<br>operation of the system.<br>A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the way SystemTap handled malformed<br>debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap unprivileged mode was<br>enabled, an unprivileged user in the stapusr group could use this flaw to<br>crash the system. Additionally, a privileged user (root, or a member of the<br>stapdev group) could trigger this flaw when tricked into instrumenting a<br>specially-crafted ELF binary, even when unprivileged mode was not enabled.<br>(CVE-2011-1769)<br>SystemTap users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a<br>backported patch to correct this issue.<br>
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/systemtap | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-client | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-initscript | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-runtime | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-sdt-devel | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-sdt-devel | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-server | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-testsuite | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-client | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-initscript | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-runtime | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-server | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
| redhat/systemtap-testsuite | <1.3-4.el5_6.1 | 1.3-4.el5_6.1 |
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