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ELSA-2010-0894 Important: Oracle Linux systemtap security update

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ELSA-2010-0894 Important: Oracle Linux systemtap security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

12/07/2010

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-client
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-grapher
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-initscript
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-runtime
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-sdt-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-server
oracle-linux-upgrade-systemtap-testsuite

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2010-4170
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CVE - 2010-4170
CVE - 2010-4171
DSA-2348
RHSA-2010:0894
RHSA-2010:0895
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2010-November/001742.html
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-February/001840.html
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