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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2348-1 (systemtap)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to systemtap announced via advisory DSA 2348-1.
Insight
Insight
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.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your systemtap packages.