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CVE-2013-2224
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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.36%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (5)
- RHSA-2013:1166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979936 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130630 Re: CVE request: Kernel 2.6.32+ IP_RETOPTS Buffer Poisoning DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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