Systemtap race conditions
Published:		26.03.2009
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		9775
Type:		local
Level:		4/10
Description:		Privilege escalation via stap tool for stapusr group users.

Affected:		SYSTEMTAP : Systemtap 0.0
CVE:		CVE-2009-0784 (Race condition in the SystemTap stap tool 0.0.20080705 and 0.0.20090314 allows local users in the stapusr group to insert arbitrary SystemTap kernel modules and gain privileges via unknown vectors.)

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DEBIAN, [SECURITY] [DSA 1755-1] New systemtap packages fix local privilege escalation (26.03.2009)

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