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HistoryJun 05, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

SystemTap: Denial of service

2014-06-0500:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
8

CVSS2

5.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

Background

SystemTap is a kernel profiling and instrumentation tool.

Description

SystemTap does not properly handle DWARF expressions when unwinding the stack.

Impact

A local attacker with SystemTap permissions could trigger a kernel panic, causing a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

Disabling unprivileged mode is a temporary workaround for this vulnerability.

Resolution

All SystemTap users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/systemtap-2.0"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-util/systemtap< 2.0UNKNOWN

CVSS2

5.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%