CVE-2013-2224
Medium
Description
A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a sendmsg system call with the IP_RETOPTS option, as demonstrated by hemlock.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-3552.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Redhat Enterprise Linux
PublishedJul 4, 2013
First seenJul 4, 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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