CVE-2011-1769 (GCVE-0-2011-1769)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-08-29 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:37
VLAI
Summary
SystemTap 1.4 and earlier, when unprivileged (aka stapusr) mode is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted ELF program with DWARF expressions that are not properly handled by a stap script that performs context variable access.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1001 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702687 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=co… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47934 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0842.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2011-05-20 00:00
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