PT-2013-3607 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Prasad Pandit

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Published

2013-07-04

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Updated

2023-02-13

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CVE-2013-2224

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with Linux kernel 2.6.32
Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an invalid free operation and system crash, or possibly gain privileges. This is achieved via a sendmsg system call with the IP RETOPTS option.
Recommendations For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with Linux kernel 2.6.32, consider applying the correct patch to resolve the issue, as the existing patch is incorrect and introduces this problem.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CESA-2013_1173
CVE-2013-2224
RHSA-2013:1166
RHSA-2013:1173
RHSA-2013:1195
RHSA-2013:1450
RHSA-2013_1166
RHSA-2013_1173

Affected Products

Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat