CVE-2009-2911
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 22, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 20, 2009
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750
- FEDORA-2009-10849vendor-advisory
- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633
- [oss-security] 20091021 CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2009-2911 - Three SystemTap-1.0 DoS issuesmailing-list
- FEDORA-2009-10719vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175
- 37167third-party-advisory
- 36778vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-2989vdb-entry
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