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

Debian Security Advisory DSA-2348-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 17, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

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.

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these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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