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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0285 -- [Linux][Debian]
systemtap: New packages fix local privilege escalation
27 March 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: systemtap
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
Linux variants
Impact: Increased Privileges
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2009-0784
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1755
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running systemtap check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
Revision History: March 27 2009: Title update
March 27 2009: Initial Release
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1755-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 25, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : systemtap
Vulnerability : race condition
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-0784
Erik Sjoelund discovered that a race condition in the stap tool shipped
by Systemtap, an instrumentation system for Linux 2.6, allows local
privilege escalation for members of the stapusr group.
The old stable distribution (etch) isn't affected.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.0.20090314-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your systemtap package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64,
mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 880805 8f14c7b79561392e7ec91187ed09f3be
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12603 b08a9943746e474ed2aa6ed4bc9fc438
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1420 bfbaeb5d86bfd6876a04e562dc8c69ec
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1250966 d8368769f30ecaa915839a1fc937899d
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1309852 7e006ca8bfa2bd36484bd25dda6dcb4c
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1249882 ed02a4eb92c671f18702b69df5ade6d5
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1441448 7da28afa66b41d81322cf5614cb9af93
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1269934 3016e60eb5dbab1b617bf088d807489c
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1227546 9edb1baaa6a126a405674be0a9dcf12c
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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