CVE-2010-4170

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-12-07

Description

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.

See more information about CVE-2010-4170 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (systemtap)	ELSA-2010-0895	2010-11-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (systemtap)	ELSA-2010-0894	2010-11-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (systemtap)	ELSA-2010-0894	2010-11-17

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