utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to conduct eval injection attacks and gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the -e argument.Referenceshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/3http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/1http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1http://secunia.com/advisories/45205http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/17http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47652http://secunia.com/advisories/44790http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/2http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/01/2http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254