Vulnerability in Systemtap

CVE-2009-0784

Race condition in the SystemTap stap tool 0.0.20080705 and 0.0.20090314 allows local users in the stapusr group to insert arbitrary SystemTap kernel modules and gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Systemtap — versions 0.0.20080705, 0.0.20090314
Debian Debian_linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)