CVE-2010-4170
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2010-4170 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (systemtap) | RHSA-2010:0894 | 2010-11-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (systemtap) | RHSA-2010:0895 | 2010-11-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (systemtap) | RHSA-2010:0894 | 2010-11-17 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation