CVE-2003-0461
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-07-25 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:58
Severity ?
Summary
/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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A304
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9330
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A997
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A304
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9330
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A997
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