ghsa-qfq8-33vr-83jg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 04:55
Modified
2022-05-17 04:55
Details
fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
{ "affected": [], "aliases": [ "CVE-2011-2495" ], "database_specific": { "cwe_ids": [], "github_reviewed": false, "github_reviewed_at": null, "nvd_published_at": "2012-06-13T10:24:00Z", "severity": "LOW" }, "details": "fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user\u0027s password.", "id": "GHSA-qfq8-33vr-83jg", "modified": "2022-05-17T04:55:49Z", "published": "2022-05-17T04:55:49Z", "references": [ { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2495" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716825" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1" } ], "schema_version": "1.4.0", "severity": [] }
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