Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2013:0621
kernel security update
Released 2013-03-11 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-348.3.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-348.3.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-348.3.1.el5 +18
Fixes 2 records
Priority LOW 33
Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.01434 · Published 2013-02-18 · Fixed CWE-362
Priority LOW 31
The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.2· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.01557 · Published 2013-02-18 · Fixed CWE-264
