CVE-2010-4170
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-12-07 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:34
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152569/SystemTap-1.3-MODPROBE_OPTIONS-Privilege-Escalation.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42256Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42263Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42306Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42318Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46920
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15620Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0895.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44914Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63344
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46730/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152569/SystemTap-1.3-MODPROBE_OPTIONS-Privilege-Escalation.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42256Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42263Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42306Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42318Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46920
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15620Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0895.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44914Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63344
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46730/
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