Arbitrary code execution via OProfile A bug has been discovered in OProfile's opcontrol command. By setting PATH to point at certain malicious scripts, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands as root. We don't ship opcontrol setuid, but if a user has the ability to run opcontrol via sudo, this issue can be leveraged. It should be noted that untrusted users should not be given sudo access, which seriously mitigates the potential damage this issue can cause. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=113935237519964&w=2 This issue also affects RHEL3
There was some discussion on the oprofile mailing list to fix this. The resulting patch from the upstream oprofile has been backported to the RHEL4 oprofile. Should be in oprofile 0.8.1-22.
Don't forget to patch this in RHEL3 as well as RHEL4.
This patch was checked into RHEL-3 repository. Just need to submit to the build system.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2006-0355.html