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CVE-2010-4171

Published: Dec 7, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not verify that a module to unload was previously loaded by SystemTap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (unloading of arbitrary kernel modules).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

n/an/a
CentOSThe CentOS Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
systemtapsystemtap
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
the centos projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka centos
systemtaposs-projectOperating Systems

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html
sources.redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/42263
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 7, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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