CVE-2013-2188
Medium
Description
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
Product
Redhat Enterprise Linux
PublishedJul 16, 2013
First seenJul 16, 2013
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat enterprise_linux | 6.0 | — |
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