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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70042
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 15 FEDORA-2011-9722 (systemtap)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to systemtap
announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-9722.

Update Information:

This update fixes CVE-2011-2502 and CVE-2011-2503, which affected unprivileged mode (stapusr) installations.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #716476 - CVE-2011-2502 systemtap: insufficient security check when loading uprobes kernel module
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716476
[ 2 ] Bug #716489 - CVE-2011-2503 systemtap: signed module loading race condition
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716489

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update systemtap' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2011-9722

Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2502
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716476
http://secunia.com/advisories/45377
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2503
Debian Security Information: DSA-2348 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2503
http://secunia.com/advisories/46920
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