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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-0875

Published: Feb 04, 2014 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
5.2 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0875
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SystemtapSystemtap1.6.7 (including)1.6.7 (including)
SystemtapSystemtap1.7 (including)1.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatsystemtap-0:1.6-7.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatsystemtap-0:1.6-5.el6_2*
SystemtapUbuntuhardy*
SystemtapUbuntumaverick*
SystemtapUbuntunatty*
SystemtapUbuntuoneiric*
SystemtapUbuntuprecise*
SystemtapUbuntuupstream*

References

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