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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.1166
systemtap security update
21 November 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: systemtap
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-2503 CVE-2010-4171 CVE-2010-4170
Reference: ESB-2011.0766
ESB-2010.1057
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2348-1 security@debian.org
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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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