Summary
The remote host is missing an update to systemtap
announced via advisory DSA 2348-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202348-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in SystemTap, an instrumentation system for Linux:
CVE-2011-2503
It was discovered that a race condition in staprun could lead to privilege escalation.
CVE-2010-4170
It was discovered that insufficient validation of environment variables in staprun could lead to privilege escalation.
CVE-2010-4171
It was discovered that insufficient validation of module unloading could lead to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-5+squeeze1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your systemtap packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-4170, CVE-2010-4171, CVE-2011-2503 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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