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Debian DSA-1755-1 : systemtap - race condition

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36040

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Erik Sjoelund discovered that a race condition in the stap tool shipped by Systemtap, an instrumentation system for Linux 2.6, allows local privilege escalation for members of the stapusr group.

Solution

Upgrade the systemtap package.

The old stable distribution (etch) isn't affected.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1755

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36040

File Name: debian_DSA-1755.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:systemtap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0784

CWE: 362

DSA: 1755