Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-358.23.2.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-1468117
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Oct 2013

Introduced: 16 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-4299  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:2.6.32-358.23.2.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:1436.

NVD Description

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

Interpretation conflict in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via a crafted mapping to a snapshot block device.

CVSS Scores

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