Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL4.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that staprun did not properly sanitize the environment before executing the modprobe command to load an additional kernel module. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-4170 Note: On Scientific Linux 4, an attacker must be a member ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A race condition was discovered in SystemTap that could allow users in the stapusr group to elevate privileges to that of members of the stapdev group and hence root, bypassing directory confinement restrictions and allowing them to insert arbitrary SystemTap kernel modules. CVE-2009-0784...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL4.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2010-0411 systemtap: Crash with systemtap script using getargv A buffer overflow flaw was found in SystemTap's tapset getargv function. If a privileged user ran a SystemTap script that called this function, a local, unprivileged user could, while that script is still running, trigger this fla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL5.x i386/x86_64

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL5.x i386/x86_64

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel. The system allows developers to write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. A race condition flaw was found in the way the staprun utility performed module loading. A local user who is a member of the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120308)

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel. The system allows developers to write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. An invalid pointer read flaw was found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL6.x i386/x86_64

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to do system management tasks. It was found that Ruby did not reinitialize the PRNG pseudorandom number generator after forking a child process. This could eventually lead to the PRN...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-4273 systemtap: remote code execution via stap-server CVE-2010-0411 systemtap: Crash with systemtap script using getargv A flaw was found in the SystemTap compile server, stap-server, an optional component of SystemTap. This server did not adequately sanitize input provided by the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL6.x i386/x86_64

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system. Two divide-by-zero flaws were found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Security fixes : - a missing capability check was found in the Linux kernel dochangetype routine. This could allow a local unprivileged user to gain privileged access or cause a denial of service. CVE-2008-2931, Important - a flaw was found in the Linux kernel Direct-IO implementation. This could...

CentOS Update for java CESA-2012:1009 centos6

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:0841 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:1089 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2012:0376 centos6

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2012:0376 centos5

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:0841 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2012:0376 centos6

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:1089 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2012:0376 centos5

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CVE-2011-2503

The insertmodule function in runtime/staprun/staprunfuncs.c in the systemtap runtime tool staprun in SystemTap before 1.6 does not properly validate a module when loading it, which allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition between the signature validation and the module...