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diff --git a/glsa-201406-04.xml b/glsa-201406-04.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8e11a0f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201406-04.xml @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201406-04"> + <title>SystemTap: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in SystemTap could allow a local attacker to create + a Denial of Service condition. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">systemtap</product> + <announced>June 05, 2014</announced> + <revised>June 05, 2014: 1</revised> + <bug>405345</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-util/systemtap" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>SystemTap is a kernel profiling and instrumentation tool.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>SystemTap does not properly handle DWARF expressions when unwinding the + stack. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A local attacker with SystemTap permissions could trigger a kernel + panic, causing a Denial of Service condition. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>Disabling unprivileged mode is a temporary workaround for this + vulnerability. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All SystemTap users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/systemtap-2.0" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0875">CVE-2012-0875</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 30 May 2014 22:59:45 +0000"> + BlueKnight + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:18:26 +0000"> + creffett + </metadata> +</glsa> |