6.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-0784

Published: 25/03/2009 Updated: 04/11/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.3 | Impact Score: 9.2 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 561
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Race condition in the SystemTap stap tool 0.0.20080705 and 0.0.20090314 allows local users in the stapusr group to insert arbitrary SystemTap kernel modules and gain privileges via unknown vectors.

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systemtap systemtap 0.0.20080705

systemtap systemtap 0.0.20090314

debian debian linux 4.0

debian debian linux 5.0

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: systemtap security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated systemtap packages that fix a security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team ...
Erik Sjoelund discovered that a race condition in the stap tool shipped by Systemtap, an instrumentation system for Linux 26, allows local privilege escalation for members of the stapusr group The old stable distribution (etch) isn't affected For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0020080705-1+lenny1 For t ...