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- CVEs with nessus.description==Updated+kernel+packages+that+fix+two+security+issues+and+several+bugs+are+now+available+for+Red+Hat+Enterprise+Linux+6.%0A%0AThe+Red+Hat+Security+Response+Team+has+rated+this+update+as+having+moderate+security+impact.+Common+Vulnerability+Scoring+System+%28CVSS%29+base+scores%2C+which+give+detailed+severity+ratings%2C+are+available+for+each+vulnerability+from+the+CVE+links+in+the+References+section.%0A%0AThe+kernel+packages+contain+the+Linux+kernel%2C+the+core+of+any+Linux+operating+system.%0A%0A%2A+A+flaw+was+found+in+the+way+the+Linux+kernel%27s+TCP%2FIP+protocol+suite+implementation+handled+IPv6+sockets+that+used+the+UDP_CORK+option.+A+local%2C+unprivileged+user+could+use+this+flaw+to+cause+a+denial+of+service.+%28CVE-2013-4162%2C+Moderate%29%0A%0A%2A+An+information+leak+flaw+was+found+in+the+way+Linux+kernel%27s+device+mapper+subsystem%2C+under+certain+conditions%2C+interpreted+data+written+to+snapshot+block+devices.+An+attacker+could+use+this+flaw+to+read+data+from+disk+blocks+in+free+space%2C+which+are+normally+inaccessible.%0A%28CVE-2013-4299%2C+Moderate%29%0A%0ARed+Hat+would+like+to+thank+Hannes+Frederic+Sowa+for+reporting+CVE-2013-4162%3B+and+Fujitsu+for+reporting+CVE-2013-4299.%0A%0AThis+update+also+fixes+several+bugs.+Documentation+for+these+changes+will+be+available+shortly+from+the+Technical+Notes+document+linked+to+in+the+References+section.%0A%0AAll+kernel+users+are+advised+to+upgrade+to+these+updated+packages%2C+which+contain+backported+patches+to+correct+these+issues.+The+system+must+be+rebooted+for+this+update+to+take+effect
Max CVSS | 0 |
Min CVSS | 0 |
Total Count | 2 |
| ID | CVSS | Summary | Last (major) update | Published |
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