CVE-2003-0461

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

/proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.

/proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Red Hat Linux

First reported 21 years ago

2003-08-27 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux 7.1

7.1

Red Hat Linux 7.2

7.2

Red Hat Linux 7.3

7.3

Red Hat Linux 8.0

8.0

Red Hat Linux 9.0

9.0

References

http://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html

DSA-358

DSA-423

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2003:238

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2004:188

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:304

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9330

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:997

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