CVE-2003-0461

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2003-07-21
Bugzilla:
1617037: CVE-2003-0461 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

/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.

Find out more about CVE-2003-0461 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RHSA-2004:188 2004-05-12
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 9 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2002:263 2002-11-22

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