• [SECURITY] [DSA 2348-1] systemtap security update

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Sun Nov 20 21:20:01 2011
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2348-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 17, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : systemtap
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2010-4170 CVE-2010-4171 CVE-2011-2503

    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/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
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