CVE-2010-0411 Integer overflow in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a system crash or hang via integer overflow in SystemTap when processing processes with many arguments.

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-2010-0411?

CVE-2010-0411 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Feb 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the (1) __get_argv and (2) __get_compat_argv functions in tapset/aux_syscalls.stp in SystemTap 1.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (script crash, or system crash or hang) via a process with a large number of arguments, leading to a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0411?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (16)
systemtap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-runtime Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-testsuite Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-runtime Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-testsuite Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-runtime Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-testsuite Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-runtime Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1
systemtap-testsuite Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.6.2-2.el4_8.1

Products include Systemtap Systemtap.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0411?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-0411 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0411 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0411, GHSA-h63c-ff5w-hmx7, RHSA-2010:0125.

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