CVE-2013-2188

The CVE-2013-2188 vulnerability concerns a Red Hat patch to do_filp_open in fs/namei.c of the Linux kernel for RHEL 6, where failure to obtain write permissions is not handled correctly. This can allow local users to trigger a denial of service (system crash) by accessing a filesystem mounted rea...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2013:0911)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0911 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A fla...