CVE-2010-4170

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-12-07
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
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