CVE-2009-2911

N/A

Description

SystemTap 1.0, when the --unprivileged option is used, does not properly restrict certain data sizes, which allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service or gain privileges via a print operation with a large number of arguments that trigger a kernel stack overflow, (2) cause a denial of service via crafted DWARF expressions that trigger a kernel stack frame overflow, or (3) cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger creation of large unwind tables, related to Common Information Entry (CIE) and Call Frame Instruction (CFI) records.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/22/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

systemtap:systemtap

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37167(secalert@redhat.com)

http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36778(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00627.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00793.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37167(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36778(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00627.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00793.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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