CVE-2011-1769

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1769
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-29 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionSystemTap 1.4 and earlier, when unprivileged (aka stapusr) mode is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted ELF program with DWARF expressions that are not properly handled by a stap script that performs context variable access.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

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 1.0 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 1.1 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 1.2 All All All
Application Systemtap Systemtap 1.3 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
Bug 702687 – CVE-2011-1769 systemtap: does not guard against DWARF operations div-by-zero errors, which can cause a kernel panic af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
SystemTap DWARF Expression Handling Two Divide-By-Zero Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for systemtap - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - systemtap divide-by-zero issues (CVE-2011-1769, CVE-2011-1781) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
sourceware.org Git - systemtap.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - systemtap.git/commit MITRE sourceware.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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