1.2 - RHSA-2011:0842

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Summary
Title	systemtap security update

Informations
Name	RHSA-2011:0842	First vendor Publication	2011-05-31
Vendor	RedHat	Last vendor Modification	2011-05-31
Severity (Vendor)	Moderate	Revision	01

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:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	1.2	Attack Range	Local
Cvss Impact Score	2.9	Attack Complexity	High
Cvss Expoit Score	1.9	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated systemtap packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running the Linux kernel, version 2.

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0842.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-189	Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21491

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21491
Title:	RHSA-2011:0841: systemtap security update (Moderate)
Description:	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.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2011:0841-01 CESA-2011:0841 CVE-2011-1769	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5	Product(s):	systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x Packages section systemtap-testsuite is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-runtime is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-sdt-devel is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-client is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-initscript is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-server is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21790

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21790
Title:	RHSA-2011:0842: systemtap security update (Moderate)
Description:	SystemTap 1.4, 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 stack unwinding (aka backtracing).
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2011:0842-01 CVE-2011-1769 CVE-2011-1781	Version:	29
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Product(s):	systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Packages section systemtap-runtime is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-client is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-testsuite is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-sdt-devel is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-initscript is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-grapher is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-server is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23122

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23122
Title:	ELSA-2011:0841: systemtap security update (Moderate)
Description:	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.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2011:0841-01 CVE-2011-1769	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test systemtap-testsuite is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-runtime is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-sdt-devel is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-client is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-initscript is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-server is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23507

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23507
Title:	ELSA-2011:0842: systemtap security update (Moderate)
Description:	SystemTap 1.4, 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 stack unwinding (aka backtracing).
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2011:0842-01 CVE-2011-1769 CVE-2011-1781	Version:	13
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 6.x rpm test systemtap-runtime is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-client is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-testsuite is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-sdt-devel is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-initscript is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-grapher is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-server is earlier than 0:1.4-6.el6_1.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27606

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27606
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0841 -- systemtap security update (moderate)
Description:	[1.3-4.1] - bz702687 (patch)
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2011-0841 CVE-2011-1769	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x Packages match section systemtap is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-client is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-initscript is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-runtime is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-sdt-devel is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-server is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1 AND systemtap-testsuite is earlier than 0:1.3-4.el5_6.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27808

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27808
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0842 -- systemtap security update (moderate)
Description:	[1.4.6.0.1.el6_1.1] - remove doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US in tarball - comment bz683569.patch in specfile [1.3-4.1] - bz702687 (patch)
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2011-0842 CVE-2011-1769 CVE-2011-1781	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	systemtap
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 6.x Packages match section systemtap is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-client is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-grapher is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-initscript is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-runtime is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-sdt-devel is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-server is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1 AND systemtap-testsuite is earlier than 0:1.4-6.0.1.el6_1.1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Systemtap cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.9.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.9.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.9.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.9.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.0.20090314:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:0.0.20080705:::::::*	31

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2012-07-30	Name : CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:0841 centos5 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0841_systemtap_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-06-06	Name : RedHat Update for systemtap RHSA-2011:0842-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0842-01_systemtap.nasl
2011-10-21	Name : Mandriva Update for systemtap MDVSA-2011:154 (systemtap) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_154.nasl
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2011:0841 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0841_systemtap_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-06-06	Name : RedHat Update for systemtap RHSA-2011:0841-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0841-01_systemtap.nasl
2011-06-03	Name : Fedora Update for systemtap FEDORA-2011-7289 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_7289_systemtap_fc13.nasl
2011-06-03	Name : Fedora Update for systemtap FEDORA-2011-7302 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_7302_systemtap_fc14.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
73278	SystemTap runtime/unwind.c compute_expr() Function Divide-by-zero DWARF Infor...
73277	SystemTap loc2c.c translate() Function Division By Zero DWARF Information Han...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0841.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0842.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2011-0841.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-06	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-155.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20110531_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_20110531_systemtap_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-18	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-01	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0841.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-01	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0842.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-27	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2011-7289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-27	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2011-7302.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-27	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2011-7314.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date	Informations
2014-02-17 11:54:45	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	2
Oval ID(s)	6
CPE ID(s)	31
osvdb(s)	2
Openvas Exploit(s)	7
Nessus® Exploit(s)	12

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