Vulnerability CVE-2012-0875
Published: 2014-02-04   Modified: 2014-02-05

Description:
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.4/10
7.8/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Complete
Affected software
Systemtap -> Systemtap 

 References:
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git;a=commit;h=64b0cff3b
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714
http://securitytracker.com/id?1026777
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0376.html
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6987
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00057.html
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