CVE-2013-2188 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernels prior to 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6. This flaw, stemming from improper handling of write permission failures in the do_filp_open function, allows local users to crash the system by interacting with a read-only mounted filesystem. With a CVSS score of 4.7, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring local access and moderate attack complexity, leading to a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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