LWN.net Logo

Not logged in

Log in now

Create an account

Subscribe to LWN

Recent Features

LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 16, 2013

A look at the PyPy 2.0 release

PostgreSQL 9.3 beta: Federated databases and more

LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 9, 2013

(Nearly) full tickless operation in 3.10

Printable page
Weekly edition Kernel Security Distributions Contact Us Search
Archives Calendar Subscribe Write for LWN LWN.net FAQ Sponsors

systemtap: denial of service

Package(s):systemtap CVE #(s):CVE-2010-4171
Created:November 19, 2010 Updated:November 23, 2010
Description: From the Red Hat bugzilla:

A security flaw was found in the way systemtap runtime tool (staprun) removed unused modules. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct various denial of service attacks.

Alerts:
Debian DSA-2348-1 2011-11-17
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17868 2010-11-18
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17873 2010-11-18
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17865 2010-11-18
(Log in to post comments)

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds