Vulnerability Details : CVE-2013-2188
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2013-2188
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2188
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2013-2188
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.7
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
3.4
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6.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2013-2188
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2013-2188
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975406
975406 – (CVE-2013-2188) CVE-2013-2188 kernel: fs: filp leak on ro filesystem
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