Vulnerability in Red Hat Linux
CVE-2003-0461
/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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Linux — versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:304 (signature, vdb-entry)
- rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:997 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9330 (signature, vdb-entry)