I'm not too sure that redhat 6 is vulnerable to this but you might want to check it out. mars-new package is/has a boundary condition error..a local exploitable buffer overflow. Its a root exploit. All versions upto and including 0.99 (redhat 6?) are believed to be vulnerable to this. Also wanted to report that anaconda (redhat 6.1's installer) seems to crash and reboot the machine when it cant detect the video card (i.e. it cant load the VGA_16 server). not sure where to put that one. Also you might want to check or change the 6.1 mars-nwe too.
Actually, the code that calls system (with the buffer overflow) is never used.
Fixed in the errata release.