CVE-2010-4171
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not verify that a module to unload was previously loaded by SystemTap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (unloading of arbitrary kernel modules).
Find out more about CVE-2010-4171 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of the systemtap package as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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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 6 (systemtap) | RHSA-2010:0894 | 2010-11-17 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | systemtap | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation