RHEL 6 : systemtap (RHSA-2011:0842)

low Nessus Plugin ID 54930

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated systemtap packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the system.

Two divide-by-zero flaws were found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap unprivileged mode was enabled, an unprivileged user in the stapusr group could use these flaws to crash the system. Additionally, a privileged user (root, or a member of the stapdev group) could trigger these flaws when tricked into instrumenting a specially crafted ELF binary, even when unprivileged mode was not enabled. (CVE-2011-1769, CVE-2011-1781)

SystemTap users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 54930

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0842.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-grapher, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-initscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-sdt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-testsuite, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1769, CVE-2011-1781

BID: 47934

RHSA: 2011:0842

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