1.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-2911

Published: 22/10/2009 Updated: 31/10/2009
CVSS v2 Base Score: 1.9 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 169
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

SystemTap 1.0, when the --unprivileged option is used, does not properly restrict certain data sizes, which allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service or gain privileges via a print operation with a large number of arguments that trigger a kernel stack overflow, (2) cause a denial of service via crafted DWARF expressions that trigger a kernel stack frame overflow, or (3) cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger creation of large unwind tables, related to Common Information Entry (CIE) and Call Frame Instruction (CFI) records.

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Debian Bug report logs - #551918 Multiple DoS issues Package: systemtap; Maintainer for systemtap is Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debianorg>; Source for systemtap is src:systemtap (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debianorg> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:39:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Fix ...