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CVE-2011-2503

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Description

The insert_module function in runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c in the systemtap runtime tool (staprun) in SystemTap before 1.6 does not properly validate a module when loading it, which allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition between the signature validation and the module initialization.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published7/26/2012

Last Modified4/29/2026

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Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

systemtap:systemtap

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/45377(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/46920(secalert@redhat.com)

http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=NEWS%3Bhb=304d73b1fea24af791f2a129fb141c5009eae6a8(secalert@redhat.com)

http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ed51cfa24ca27746ab09b59280b94117dd58cba3(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2503(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/45377(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/46920(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=NEWS%3Bhb=304d73b1fea24af791f2a129fb141c5009eae6a8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ed51cfa24ca27746ab09b59280b94117dd58cba3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2503(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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