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TITLE:
SystemTap "stap-server" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38154

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38154/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in SystemTap, which can be
exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to stap-server not properly
sanitising certain input, which can be exploited to e.g. inject and
execute arbitrary shell commands.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11105
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550172

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