Access Restriction Bypass Affecting systemtap package, versions <1.2-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-SYSTEMTAP-5696605
  • published7 Dec 2010
  • disclosed7 Dec 2010

Introduced: 7 Dec 2010

CVE-2010-4170  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 systemtap to version 1.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemtap package and not the systemtap package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.

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