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FKIE_CVE-2009-2911

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-10-22 16:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37167
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36778
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00627.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00793.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37167
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10750Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36778
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2989Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529175
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00627.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00793.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
systemtap systemtap 1.0
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