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+<?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 "&gt;=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>