Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-2503 First vendor Publication 2012-07-26
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 3.7 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2503

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15202
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15202
Title: DSA-2348-1 systemtap -- several
Description: Several vulnerabilities were discovered in SystemTap, an instrumentation system for Linux: CVE-2011-2503 It was discovered that a race condition in staprun could lead to privilege escalation. CVE-2010-4170 It was discovered that insufficient validation of environment variables in staprun could lead to privilege escalation. CVE-2010-4171 It was discovered that insufficient validation of module unloading could lead to denial of service.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2348-1
CVE-2010-4170
CVE-2010-4171
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21608
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21608
Title: RHSA-2011:1088: systemtap security update (Moderate)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:1088-01
CVE-2011-2502
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 29
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22019
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22019
Title: RHSA-2011:1089: systemtap security update (Moderate)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:1089-01
CESA-2011:1089
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23350
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23350
Title: ELSA-2011:1089: systemtap security update (Moderate)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:1089-01
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23376
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23376
Title: ELSA-2011:1088: systemtap security update (Moderate)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:1088-01
CVE-2011-2502
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27710
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27710
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-1088 -- systemtap security update (moderate)
Description: [1.4.6.0.1.el6_1.2] - remove doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US in tarball - comment bz683569.patch in specfile [1.4-6.2] - bz716476 (patch) - bz716489 (patch)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-1088
CVE-2011-2502
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28151
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28151
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-1089 -- systemtap security update (moderate)
Description: [1.3-9] - bz716489 (patch)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-1089
CVE-2011-2503
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): systemtap
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 31

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:1089 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1089_systemtap_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-06-06 Name : RedHat Update for systemtap RHSA-2011:1088-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1088-01_systemtap.nasl
2012-03-09 Name : Fedora Update for systemtap FEDORA-2012-2218
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_2218_systemtap_fc15.nasl
2012-02-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2348-1 (systemtap)
File : nvt/deb_2348_1.nasl
2011-09-23 Name : CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:1089 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1089_systemtap_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-02 Name : Fedora Update for systemtap FEDORA-2011-9722
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_9722_systemtap_fc15.nasl
2011-08-02 Name : Fedora Update for systemtap FEDORA-2011-9739
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_9739_systemtap_fc14.nasl
2011-07-27 Name : RedHat Update for systemtap RHSA-2011:1089-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1089-01_systemtap.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
74148 SystemTap staprun Race Condition Module Loading Local Privilege Escalation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110725_systemtap_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110725_systemtap_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2348.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-1089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-9722.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-9739.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=NEWS%3B...
http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e...
Source Url
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2503
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/45377
http://secunia.com/advisories/46920

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