CVE-2011-1781

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-08-29

Description

SystemTap 1.4, when unprivileged (aka stapusr) mode is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted ELF program with DWARF expressions that are not properly handled by a stap script that performs stack unwinding (aka backtracing).

See more information about CVE-2011-1781 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:	1.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (systemtap)	ELSA-2011-0842	2011-06-01

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