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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:44:07 +0530
From: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: two systemtap flaws: CVE-2011-2502 and CVE-2011-2503
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.
--
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala / Red Hat Security Response Team
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