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.

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{
  "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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