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CVE-2013-2224

Published: Jul 04, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.9 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2224
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Enterprise_linuxRedhat6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-358.118.1.openstack.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-348.16.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-358.18.1.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 EUS - Server and Compute Node OnlyRedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-279.37.2.el6*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuprecise*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuquantal*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuprecise*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuquantal*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuprecise*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuquantal*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntulucid*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuprecise*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuquantal*

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