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Added: glsa-201406-04.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 2014-06-04 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201406-04.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201406-04.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201406-04.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-201406-04.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="201406-04"> |
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<title>SystemTap: Denial of Service</title> |
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in SystemTap could allow a local attacker to create |
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a Denial of Service condition. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">systemtap</product> |
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<announced>June 05, 2014</announced> |
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<revised>June 05, 2014: 1</revised> |
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<bug>405345</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="dev-util/systemtap" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">2.0</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.0</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p>SystemTap is a kernel profiling and instrumentation tool.</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p>SystemTap does not properly handle DWARF expressions when unwinding the |
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stack. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p>A local attacker with SystemTap permissions could trigger a kernel |
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panic, causing a Denial of Service condition. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p>Disabling unprivileged mode is a temporary workaround for this |
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vulnerability. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p>All SystemTap users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/systemtap-2.0" |
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</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0875">CVE-2012-0875</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 30 May 2014 22:59:45 +0000"> |
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BlueKnight |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:18:26 +0000"> |
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creffett |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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