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GLSA-201406-04 : SystemTap: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74319

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-04 (SystemTap: Denial of Service)

 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.

Solution

All SystemTap users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/systemtap-2.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74319

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-04.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 6/5/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:systemtap, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0875

BID: 52121

GLSA: 201406-04