Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:2.6.32-358.14.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDOC-1466707
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Mar 2010

Introduced: 30 Mar 2010

CVE-2013-2128  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-doc to version 0:2.6.32-358.14.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:1051.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The tcp_read_sock function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skb consumption, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted splice system call for a TCP socket.

CVSS Scores

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