Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for systemtap. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges and by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for systemtap
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38765
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38765/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for systemtap. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated
privileges and by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA38154
SA38426
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2010:0124-01:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0124.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38154:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38154/
SA38426:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38426/
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