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CVE-2003-0461

Published: Aug 27, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0461
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

/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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LinuxRedhat7.1 (including)7.1 (including)
LinuxRedhat7.2 (including)7.2 (including)
LinuxRedhat7.3 (including)7.3 (including)
LinuxRedhat8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
LinuxRedhat9.0 (including)9.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkernel-0:2.4.21-15.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 9RedHat*
Kernel-source-2.4.27Ubuntudapper*
Kernel-source-2.4.27Ubuntuedgy*

References

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