VDB-51677 · CVE-2009-4273 · BID 37842

SystemTap up to 1.0 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in SystemTap. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

stap-server in SystemTap before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in stap command-line arguments in a request.

The weakness was disclosed 01/26/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceware.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4273. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/31/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68003 (Oracle Linux 5 : systemtap (ELSA-2010-0124)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155676 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for SystemTap (ELSA-2010-0124)).

Upgrading to version 0.5.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (68003). The entry 51774 is pretty similar.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 68003
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : systemtap (ELSA-2010-0124)
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OpenVAS ID: 880651
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for systemtap CESA-2010:0124 centos5 i386
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SystemTap 0.5.4

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12/04/2009 🔍
12/10/2009 +5 days 🔍
01/15/2010 +36 days 🔍
01/26/2010 +11 days 🔍
01/26/2010 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2010 +6 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +1257 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +614 days 🔍
08/31/2021 +2358 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceware.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4273 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 24727 - SystemTap Prior to 1.1 Stat Server Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 37842 - SystemTap 'stat-server' Remote Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/31/2021 18:06
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/20/2017 10:19 (8), 08/31/2021 17:59 (4), 08/31/2021 18:06 (1)
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