PT-2011-5238 · Opensuse+4 · Systemtap+7
Petr Matousek
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Published
1970-01-01
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Updated
2023-02-13
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CVE-2012-5517
CVSS v2.0
7.8
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
openSUSE systemtap-runtime-debuginfo (affected versions not specified)
openSUSE systemtap (affected versions not specified)
openSUSE systemtap-sdt-devel (affected versions not specified)
openSUSE libvmtools0 (affected versions not specified)
Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6
Description
The issue involves multiple vulnerabilities in various packages of the openSUSE operating system, including systemtap, systemtap-runtime, systemtap-sdt-devel, systemtap-client, systemtap-server, and libvmtools0, which can lead to a disruption of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely. Additionally, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impacts by using memory that was hot-added by an administrator.
Recommendations
For openSUSE systemtap-runtime-debuginfo, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.
For openSUSE systemtap, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.
For openSUSE systemtap-sdt-devel, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.
For openSUSE libvmtools0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.
For Linux kernel, update to version 3.6 or later.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability in other affected packages.
Exploit
Fix
Buffer Overflow
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Libvmtools0
Systemtap
Systemtap-Runtime-Debuginfo
Systemtap-Sdt-Devel