CVE-2011-1769
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.2
Description
SystemTap 1.4 and earlier, when unprivileged (aka stapusr) mode is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted ELF program with DWARF expressions that are not properly handled by a stap script that performs context variable access.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.6-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.6-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.6-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.6-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.6-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemtap | systemtap | {"endIncluding":"1.4"} | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.2.2 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.3 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.4 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.3 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.4 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.5 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.7 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.8 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.9 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.10 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.12 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.13 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.5.14 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.6 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.6.2 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.7 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.7.2 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.8 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.9 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.9.5 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.9.7 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.9.8 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 0.9.9 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 1.0 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 1.1 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 1.2 | |
| systemtap | systemtap | 1.3 | |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/20/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44802
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa2e3415185a28542d419a641ecd6cddd52e3cd9
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:154
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47934
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702687
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0842.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1769
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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