CVE - CVE-2012-0875

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-0875	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.
References
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MISC:1026777 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1026777 MISC:RHSA-2012:0376 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0376.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120222 CVE-2012-0875: systemtap memory disclosure/kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF unwind data URL:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6987 MISC:http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714 URL:http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714 MISC:http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b0cff3b URL:http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b0cff3b MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:0475 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00057.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120119	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120119)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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