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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2013-2177 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T15:27:41.085Z
Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2013-2224
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Status : Modified
Published: 2013-07-04T21:55:01.047
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2013-2224
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD