gsd-2011-2494
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2011-2494


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      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1479",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1465",
      "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2011-2494.html",
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            "baseScore": 2.1,
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T00:18Z",
      "publishedDate": "2012-06-13T10:24Z"
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}


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