CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2911
1.9 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-10-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• systemtap systemtap 1.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633 gcc.gnu.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37167 secunia.com
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36778 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00627.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00793.html www.redhat.com
- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633 gcc.gnu.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37167 secunia.com
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36778 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00627.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00793.html www.redhat.com