What is recommended fix for CVE-2013-0871?
Issue
- System is getting security related alert regarding CVE-2013-0871
- 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.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 All version
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 All version
- Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
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