Re: Re: two systemtap flaws: CVE-2011-2502 and CVE-2011-2503

[Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas () redhat com>]

On 07/28/2011 03:34 PM, Tavis Ormandy wrote:

> Interesting, I also looked at systemtap and found a local root
> (CVE-2010-4170), but was under the impression we had agreed it should be
> restricted to a privileged group?
>
> https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI_CSIRT:Alerts/systemtap-2010-11-18
>
> I stopped looking because I concluded that had eliminated any security risk,
> is that no longer the case?
I believe this does reduce the risk, but does not totally eliminate it.



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