Upstream information

CVE-2011-2503 at MITRE

Description

The insert_module function in runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c in the systemtap runtime tool (staprun) in SystemTap before 1.6 does not properly validate a module when loading it, which allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition between the signature validation and the module initialization.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.7
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 702915 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 systemtap Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 systemtap Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 systemtap Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 systemtap Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:12:01 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:30:45 2025