CVE-2011-1769

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    CVE-2011-1769

    Published: 29 Aug 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SystemTap 1.4 and earlier, when unprivileged (aka stapusr) mode is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted ELF program with DWARF expressions that are not properly handled by a stap script that performs context variable access.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/44802, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:154, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:155, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0842.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/20/2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702687, http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa2e3415185a28542d419a641ecd6cddd52e3cd9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47934

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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