CVE-2009-4273

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4273
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-26 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionstap-server in SystemTap before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in stap command-line arguments in a request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.2.2 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.3 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.4 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.10 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.12 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.13 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.14 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.3 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.4 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.5 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.7 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.8 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.5.9 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.6 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.6.2 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.7 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.7.2 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.8 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.9 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.9.5 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.9.7 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.9.8 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 0.9.9 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:010 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: systemtap-1.1-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Patch
sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/systemtap-1.1.tar.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
David Smith - SystemTap release 1.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Red Hat update for systemtap - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: systemtap-1.1-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
SUSE update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
11105 – check/fix vulnerability of stap-server to spacious incoming arguments af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Fedora update for systemtap - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: systemtap-1.1-2.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
rpms/systemtap/devel systemtap-1.1-tighten-server-params.patch, NONE, 1.1 systemtap.spec, 1.59, 1.60 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
550172 – (CVE-2009-4273, CVE-2010-0412) CVE-2009-4273 systemtap: remote code execution via stap-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: systemtap-1.1-2.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SystemTap "stap-server" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2009-4273 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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