Candidate: CVE-2009-2911 PublicDate: 2009-10-22 16:30:00 UTC References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2911 Description: SystemTap 1.0, when the --unprivileged option is used, does not properly restrict certain data sizes, which allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service or gain privileges via a print operation with a large number of arguments that trigger a kernel stack overflow, (2) cause a denial of service via crafted DWARF expressions that trigger a kernel stack frame overflow, or (3) cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger creation of large unwind tables, related to Common Information Entry (CIE) and Call Frame Instruction (CFI) records. Ubuntu-Description: Notes: Bugs: Priority: low Discovered-by: Assigned-to: CVSS: Patches_systemtap: upstream_systemtap: released (1.0-2) dapper_systemtap: DNE hardy_systemtap: ignored (reached end-of-life) intrepid_systemtap: needed (reached end-of-life) jaunty_systemtap: ignored (reached end-of-life) karmic_systemtap: ignored (reached end-of-life) lucid_systemtap: not-affected (1.0-2) maverick_systemtap: not-affected (1.0-2) natty_systemtap: not-affected (1.0-2) oneiric_systemtap: not-affected (1.0-2) devel_systemtap: not-affected (1.0-2)