CVE-2012-0875

Severity

54%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

130%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

SystemTap

First reported 11 years ago

2014-02-04 23:55:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-02-24 23:41:00

Affected Software

SystemTap 1.6.7

1.6.7

SystemTap 1.7

1.7

References

openSUSE-SU-2013:0475

[oss-security] 20120222 CVE-2012-0875: systemtap memory disclosure/kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF unwind data

RHSA-2012:0376

1026777

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git;a=commit;h=64b0cff3b

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