CVE-2009-2911 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges or cause denial of service via kernel stack overflows in SystemTap when the unprivileged option is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-2911?
CVE-2009-2911 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SystemTap 1.0, when the --unprivileged option is used, does not properly restrict certain data sizes, which allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service or gain privileges via a print operation with a large number of arguments that trigger a kernel stack overflow, (2) cause a denial of service via crafted DWARF expressions that trigger a kernel stack frame overflow, or (3) cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger creation of large unwind tables, related to Common Information Entry (CIE) and Call Frame Instruction (CFI) records.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2911?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Systemtap Systemtap.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2911?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2009-2911 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2911 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2911, GHSA-pq5x-qrx9-87q4.