CVE-2003-0461 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2003-0461
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Description: /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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval997.html http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval304.html MISC http://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358

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