CVE-2009-2911 (GCVE-0-2009-2911)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-10-22 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 996 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2009-10-21 00:00
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