CVE-2011-1769 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2011-1769

SystemTap 1.4 and earlier, when unprivileged (aka stapusr) mode is...

Vulnerability Description

SystemTap 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

systemtap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.2.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.3, 0.5.4, 0.5.5, 0.5.7, 0.5.8, 0.5.9, 0.5.10, 0.5.12, 0.5.13, 0.5.14, 0.6, 0.6.2, 0.7, 0.7.2, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.5, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Timeline

Official Publish: August 29th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.